Clinical Buruli Ulcer Diagnosis, Trainings & Interventions

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Iddrisah, F. N., Yeboah-Manu, D., Nortey, P. A., Nyarko, K. M., Anim, J., Antara, S. N., . . . Afari, E. A. (2016). Outcome of Streptomycin-Rifampicin treatment of Buruli Ulcer in two Ghanaian districts. Pan African Medical Journal, 25(Suppl 1), 13. doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.1.6203
Mensah-Quainoo, E., Yeboah-Manu, D., Asebi, C., Patafuor, F., Ofori-Adjei, D., Junghanss, T., & Pluschke, G. (2008). Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) at a treatment centre in Ghana: a retrospective analysis of laboratory results of clinically diagnosed cases. Trop Med Int Health, 13(2), 191-198. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01990.x
Njiru, Z. K., Yeboah-Manu, D., Stinear, T. P., & Fyfe, J. A. (2012). Rapid and sensitive detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by use of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification test. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50(5), 1737-1741. doi:10.1128/JCM.06460-11
Roltgen, K., Assan-Ampah, K., Danso, E., Yeboah-Manu, D., & Pluschke, G. (2012). Development of a temperature-switch PCR-based SNP typing method for Mycobacterium ulcerans. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6(11), e1904. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001904
Sakyi, S. A., Aboagye, S. Y., Darko Otchere, I., & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2016). Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2016, 10. doi:10.1155/2016/5310718
Yeboah-Manu, D., Aboagye, S. Y., Asare, P., Asante-Poku, A., Ampah, K., Danso, E., . . . Ampadu, E. (2018). Laboratory confirmation of Buruli ulcer cases in Ghana, 2008-2016. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(6), e0006560. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006560
Yeboah-Manu, D., Asante-Poku, A., Asan-Ampah, K., Ampadu, E. D., & Pluschke, G. (2011). Combining PCR with microscopy to reduce costs of laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 85(5), 900-904. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0362
Yeboah-Manu, D., Danso, E., Ampah, K., Asante-Poku, A., Nakobu, Z., & Pluschke, G. (2011). Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from swab and fine-needle-aspiration specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49(5), 1997-1999. doi:10.1128/JCM.02279-10