Mycobacterium Ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer) in Rural Hospital, Southern Benin, 1997-2001

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2004 Oct 22

PMID 15496239

Citations 66

Authors

Martine Debacker

Julia Aguiar

Christian Steunou

Claude Zinsou

Wayne M Meyers

Augustin Guedenon

Janet T Scott

Michele Dramaix

Francoise Portaels

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Abstract

Data from 1,700 patients living in southern Benin were collected at the Centre Sanitaire et Nutritionnel Gbemoten, Zagnanado, Benin, from 1997 through 2001. In the Zou region in 1999, Buruli ulcer (BU) had a higher detection rate (21.5/100,000) than leprosy (13.4/100,000) and tuberculosis (20.0/100,000). More than 13% of the patients had osteomyelitis. Delay in seeking treatment declined from 4 months in 1989 to 1 month in 2001, and median hospitalization time decreased from 9 months in 1989 to 1 month in 2001. This reduction is attributed, in part, to implementing an international cooperation program, creating a national BU program, and making advances in patient care.

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