Longitudinal assessment of the bacterial burden of buruli ulcer wounds during treatment

Longitudinal assessment of the bacterial burden of buruli ulcer wounds during treatment

Background: Bacterial contamination is common to all wounds. The bacterial burden of wounds has been found to have an inverse relationship with chronic wound healing. In seeking to develop a better understanding of the evolution of Buruli ulcer (BU) wounds, we performed a longitudinal study to quant...

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Main Authors: Grace Kpeli, Evelyn Owusu-Mireku, Julia Hauser, Gerd Pluschke, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal
Subjects:
Buruli ulcer
infection
longitudinal study
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus
Online Access:http://www.bmbtrj.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9834;year=2017;volume=1;issue=1;spage=65;epage=70;aulast=Kpeli

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