We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in rural hospital, Southern Benin, 1997-2001.
- Authors
Debacker, Martine; Aguiar, Julia; Steunou, Christian; Zinsou, Claude; Meyers, Wayne M; Guédénon, Augustin; Scott, Janet T; Dramaix, Michèle; Portaels, Françoise
- 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.
- Publication
Emerging infectious diseases, 2004, Vol 10, Issue 8, p1391
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1008.030886