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Buruli ulcer
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Buruli ulcer

In medicine, gangrenous ulcer caused by the flesh-eating bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans. It is relatively common in sub-Saharan Africa and is to be targetted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1998.

The bacterium is rife in the environment and infection usually follows a scratch from vegetation. The initial symptom is an itchy lump that rapidly forms a gaping sore unless it is removed.



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These distinctive ulcers were first described in Australia in 1948 and given the name Bairnsdale ulcer because of their focal distribution.
Mycobacterium ulcerans treatment costs, Australia by Butler, James R.G. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Physicians in that country know the condition as Bairnsdale ulcer, after the town that suffered a small outbreak in the 1930s and 1940s.
Africa's Latest Scourge by TRAVIS, JOHN / Science News
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