Buruli ulcer

Buruli ulcer

English

Etymology

Named after a county of Uganda where important foci of the disease were studied.

Noun

Buruli ulcer (plural Buruli ulcers)

1. (pathology) A type of ulcer caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans.
   • 2004, Eldryd Parry, Richard Godfrey, Geoffrey Gill, David Mabey (editors), Principles of Medicine in Africa, Cambridge University Press, page 1302,

     All of these farming activities were in swampy riverine areas, as has been observed in all other foci where Buruli ulcer is endemic (van der Werf et al., 1999; van Oye & Ballio, 1950). […] In Australia, people living near a golf course, that was sprinkled by water pumped from a swamp, developed Buruli ulcers.

   • 2005, Avi Shai, Howard I. Maibach, Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin: Diagnosis and Therapy - The Practical Approach, Springer, page 55,

     Other infectious processes, such as tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterium infections (Fig. 5.1), or Buruli ulcers should be considered, depending on the circumstances and clinical findings.

   • 2006, WHO Regional Office for Africa, The Health of the People: The African Regional Health Report, World Health Organization, page 56,

     Neglected diseases — such as sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis and Buruli ulcer — continue to take their toll in the African Region, but they no longer figure on the disease-control agenda of the developed world.

Translations

type of ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans

Italian: ulcera del Buruli f, ulcera del Bairnsdale f, ulcera del Searle f, ulcera del Daintree f

Further reading

• Mycobacterium ulcerans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• BCG vaccine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia