Treatment Outcome of Patients with Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo.

• Main Authors: Marcus Beissner (Author), Nathalie Arens (Author), Franz Wiedemann (Author), Ebekalisaï Piten (Author), Basile Kobara (Author), Malkin Bauer (Author), Karl-Heinz Herbinger (Author), Kossi Badziklou (Author), Abiba Banla Kere (Author), Thomas Löscher (Author), Jörg Nitschke (Author), Gisela Bretzel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Following introduction of antimycobacterial treatment of Buruli ulcer disease (BUD), several clinical studies evaluated treatment outcomes of BUD patients, in particular healing times, secondary lesions and functional limitations. Whereas recurrences were rarely observed, paradoxical reac...