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