ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2015
Buruli ulcer in South Western Nigeria: a retrospective cohort study of patients treated in Benin.
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- Drugs for treating Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans disease).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Risk factors for Buruli ulcer disease in Ghana: A matched case-control study in four selected endemic districts of Eastern and Oti Regions.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Buruli Ulcer Disease Surveillance System in the Ga West Municipality, Ghana, 2011-2015.Journal of tropical medicine · 2019Article
- Improving clinical and epidemiological predictors of Buruli ulcer.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Report of a series of 82 cases of Buruli ulcer from Nigeria treated in Benin, from 2006 to 2016.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Perception and incidence of Buruli ulcer in Ogun State, South West Nigeria: intensive epidemiological survey and public health intervention recommended.The Pan African medical journal · 2018Article
- Buruli Ulcer, a Prototype for Ecosystem-Related Infection, Caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2018Review
- Buruli ulcer in Nigeria: results of a pilot case study in three rural districts.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2016Article
- Nigerian Female with Skin Lesions in the Leg and Face: Herpetic Sycosis Folliculitis.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2016Article
- Clinical Features of Spontaneous Partial Healing During Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection.Open forum infectious diseases · 2016Article
- Clinical Epidemiology of Buruli Ulcer from Benin (2005-2013): Effect of Time-Delay to Diagnosis on Clinical Forms and Severe Phenotypes.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Article
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Abstract
Nigeria is known to be endemic to Buruli ulcer, but epidemiological data are remarkably rare. Here, we present a large cohort of 127 PCR-confirmed M. ulcerans infection patients coming from Nigeria and treated in a neighbouring country, Benin. Severe lesions and delay of consultation are factors that should encourage establishment of a treatment centre in South Western Nigeria.
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