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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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We identified risk factors for Buruli ulcer (BU) in Benin in an unmatched case-control study at the Centre Sanitaire et Nutritionnel Gbemoten in southern Benin.
Risk factors for Buruli ulcer, Benin by Dramaix, Michele / Emerging Infectious Diseases
In six of those locales, cases of Buruli ulcer are widespread; at the others, the disease is absent or nearly so.
Tracking down an emerging disease by Science News
Buruli ulcer (BU), the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy, is a major health problem in several West and Central African countries (1).
Heterogeneity among mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Africa by Portaels, Francoise / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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