RT Book, Section
A1 de Jong, Bouke C.
A1 Walsh, Douglas S.
A1 Portaels, Françoise
A1 Meyers, Wayne M.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182936189
T1 Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection)
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182936189
RD 2024/04/23
AB Mycobacterium  ulcerans  causes  indolent,  necrotizing  cutaneous  lesions  known  as  Buruli  ulcers,  an  appellation  given  by  Dodge  and  Lunn  who  described  the  first  large  epidemic,  located  in  Buruli  County  (now  called  Nakasongola),  Uganda.  Today,  M  ulcerans  infections  are  recognized  to  present  a  spectrum  of  clinical  disease:  nodules,  plaques,  severe  edemas,  and  massive  ulcers  in  the  skin,  and  osteomyelitis.  Buruli  ulcer,  after  tuberculosis  and  leprosy,  is  the  third  most  common  and  perhaps  least  understood  major  mycobacterial  infection.  In  contrast  to  tuberculosis  and  leprosy,  Buruli  ulcer  is  closely  related  to  environmental  factors.