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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Debacker, Martine ; Aguiar, Julia ; Steunou, Christian ; Zinsou, Claude ; Meyers, Wayne M. ; ... More +
Debacker, Martine ; Aguiar, Julia ; Steunou, Christian ; Zinsou, Claude ; Meyers, Wayne M. ; Guédénon, Augustin ; Scott, Janet T. ; Dramaix, Michèle ; Portaels, Françoise Less -
Description:
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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Buruli Ulcer
Epidemiology
Hospitalization
Hospitals, Rural
Humans
Length Of Stay
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
Mycobacterium Ulcerans
Research
Skin Ulcers

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(8):1391-1398.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Benin
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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