KEGG DISEASE: Buruli ulcer

KEGG

DISEASE: Buruli ulcer

Entry

H01042                      Disease

Name

Buruli ulcer

Supergrp

Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection [DS:H01458]

Description

Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected emerging disease that has recently been reported in some countries especially in central and western Africa. BU is a serious necrotizing cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans that is related to the aquatic environment. BU is characterized by indolent, typically painless necrotizing skin lesions.

Category

Bacterial infectious disease

Brite

Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Mycobacterial diseases
   1B21  Infections due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria
    H01042  Buruli ulcer
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
  Infections caused by actinobacteria
   H01042  Buruli ulcer

Pathogen

Mycobacterium ulcerans [GN:mul]

Other DBs

ICD-11:

MeSH:

Reference

Authors

Merritt RW, Walker ED, Small PL, Wallace JR, Johnson PD, Benbow ME, Boakye DA

Title

Ecology and transmission of Buruli ulcer disease: a systematic review.

Journal

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4:e911 (2010)
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000911

Reference

Authors

Walsh DS, Portaels F, Meyers WM

Title

Buruli ulcer: Advances in understanding Mycobacterium ulcerans infection.

Journal

Dermatol Clin 29:1-8 (2011)
DOI:10.1016/j.det.2010.09.006

Reference

Authors

Converse PJ, Nuermberger EL, Almeida DV, Grosset JH

Title

Treating Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer): from surgery to antibiotics, is the pill mightier than the knife?

Journal

Future Microbiol 6:1185-98 (2011)
DOI:10.2217/fmb.11.101

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