Structured Summary
Abstract
A lesion in the skin and subcutaneous tissues due to infections by MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS. It was first reported in Uganda, Africa.
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Synonyms
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- Buruli Ulcer Disease
- Infections, Mycobacterium ulcerans
- Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection
- Buruli Ulcer Diseases
- Disease, Buruli Ulcer
- Diseases, Buruli Ulcer
- Infection, Mycobacterium ulcerans
- Mycobacterium ulcerans Infections
- Ulcer Disease, Buruli
- Ulcer Diseases, Buruli
- Ulcer, Buruli
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent
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History Note
2008
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Previous Indexing
- Mycobacterium Infections (1965-2007)
- Skin Ulcer (1965-2007)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Buruli Ulcer. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054312. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054312
- Buruli Ulcer. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buruli_ulcer
- Buruli Ulcer. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1017169