Assessing and managing wounds of Buruli ulcer patients at the primary and secondary health care levels in Ghana.

• Main Authors: Naa Okaikor Addison (Author), Stefanie Pfau (Author), Eric Koka (Author), Samuel Yaw Aboagye (Author), Grace Kpeli (Author), Gerd Pluschke (Author), Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (Author), Thomas Junghanss (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Beyond Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific therapy, sound general wound management is required for successful management of Buruli ulcer (BU) patients which places them among the large and diverse group of patients in poor countries with a broken skin barrier. METHODS:Clinically BU suspicious...