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pro vyhledávání: '"Erasmus Klutse"'
Autor:
Jianyong Wu, Petra Tschakert, Erasmus Klutse, David Ferring, Vincent Ricciardi, Heidi Hausermann, Joseph Oppong, Erica A H Smithwick
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 6, p e0003840 (2015)
BACKGROUND:Buruli ulcer (BU), one of 17 neglected tropical diseases, is a debilitating skin and soft tissue infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. In tropical Africa, changes in land use and proximity to water have been associated with the disea
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https://doaj.org/article/8dc3f18071b04690a79aefdcd75e73ab
Autor:
Jeannette Guarner, Jeanine Bartlett, Ellen A. Spotts Whitney, Pratima L. Raghunathan, Ymkje Stienstra, Kwame Asamoa, Samuel Etuaful, Erasmus Klutse, Eric Quarshie, Tjip S. van der Werf, Winette T.A. van der Graaf, C. Harold King, David A. Ashford
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 6, Pp 651-656 (2003)
Because of the emergence of Buruli ulcer disease, the World Health Organization launched a Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative in 1998. This indolent skin infection is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. During a study of risk factors for the disease in Gha
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https://doaj.org/article/8da7e36005d648cb8e609a1dce1e6762
Autor:
Karl-Heinz Herbinger, Simone Reu, Kerstin Helfrich, Gisela Bretzel, Letitia Kunaa, Ohene Adjei, Vera Siegmund, Erasmus Klutse, Jürg Nitschke, Thomas Lüscher, Alexander Schipf, Willemien A. Nienhuis, Marcus Beissner, Paul Racz, Nana-Yaa Awua-Boateng, Erna Fleischmann, Pius Agbenorku, William Thompson, Tjip S. van der Werf, Bernhard Fleischer
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 48(8), 1055-1064. Oxford University Press
Background. Several diagnostic laboratory methods are available for case confirmation of Buruli ulcer disease. This study assessed the sensitivity of various diagnostic tests in relation to clinical presentation of the disease, type of diagnostic spe
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::2184d1ce1012e4c3b7e5119a2fd1eebf
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http://doc.rero.ch/record/303682/files/48-8-1055.pdf
Autor:
Mirjam Schunk, D. Brieske, Karl-Heinz Herbinger, Ohene Adjei, Gisela Bretzel, E. Bruhl, Thomas Löscher, Jörg Nitschke, Erasmus Klutse, L. Kunaa, William Thompson, N. Y. Awua-Boateng, Vera Siegmund
Publikováno v:
Infection. 37:20-25
Previous investigations have revealed that Mycobacterium ulcerans is extensively distributed spatially throughout ulcerative lesions, including in the margins of excised tissue. In contrast, bacilli in pre-ulcerative lesions are assumed to be concent
Autor:
Gisela Bretzel, Paul Racz, Ohene Adjei, Vera Siegmund, Bernhard Fleischer, Karl-Heinz Herbinger, Thomas Loescher, William Thompson, Erasmus Klutse, Ruth Thompson, Felicitas van Vloten, Jörg Nitschke
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 45:68-75
Background Because of the multifaceted clinical presentation of Buruli ulcer disease, misclassification of clinically diagnosed cases may occur frequently. Laboratory tests for the confirmation of suspected cases include microscopic examination, cult
Autor:
T S van der Werf, G. van der Steege, Ilja M. Nolte, Ellen A. Spotts Whitney, Edwin Ampadu, David A. Ashford, Kwame Asamoa, Pratima L Raghunathan, Erasmus Klutse, te Gerhardus Meerman, Jordan W. Tappero, Samuel Etuaful, Elvira Oosterom, Ymkje Stienstra, W.T.A. van der Graaf
Publikováno v:
GENES AND IMMUNITY, 7(3), 185-189. Nature Publishing Group
Similar to other mycobacterial diseases, susceptibility to Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection) may be determined by host genetic factors. We investigated the role of SLC11A1 (NRAMP1) in Buruli ulcer because of its associations with both t
Autor:
Irene C. Wiersma, Winette T. A. van der Graaf, Erasmus Klutse, Pieter U. Dijkstra, Marieke J. Van Wezel, Claude Zinsou, Edwin Ampadu, Ilona C. Hospers, Samuel Etuaful, Ymkje Stienstra, Tjip S. van der Werf, Jules Gbovi, R. Christian Johnson, Margijske H. G. Van Roest
Publikováno v:
Tropical Medicine & International Health. 10:1251-1257
OBJECTIVES To evaluate former Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) patients to assess the factors associated with functional limitations and subsequent employment or schooling. METHODS The previously validated Buruli ulcer functional limitation score (BUFLS) q
Autor:
Winette T. A. van der Graaf, George K Amofah, Erasmus Klutse, Kwame Asamoa, C. H. King, David Ofori-Adjei, Jeannette Guarner, Thomas H. Taylor, Sonal Pathak, Karen M. Dobos, Samuel Etuaful, Pratima L Raghunathan, Jordan W. Tappero, Tjip S. van der Werf, Stacey Martin, Ymkje Stienstra, Ellen A. Spotts Whitney, David A. Ashford
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 40(10), 1445-1453. Oxford University Press
Background. Morbidity due to Buruli ulcer disease (BUD), a cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, has been increasingly recognized in rural West Africa. The source and mode of transmission remain unknown.Methods. To identify BUD risk f
Autor:
Claude Zinsou, Tjip S. van der Werf, Pieter U. Dijkstra, Ijsbrand Zijlstra, Margijske H. G. Van Roest, R. Christian Johnson, Marieke J. Van Wezel, Jules Gbovi, Erasmus Klutse, Winette T. A. van der Graaf, Edwin Ampadu, Michiel Beets, Ymkje Stienstra, Samuel Etuaful
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 72:449-452
The reliability and validity of the earlier developed Buruli ulcer functional limitation score (BUFLS) questionnaire was assessed. Of 638 former Buruli ulcer patients (of 678 individuals examined), sufficient items on daily activities ( 13 of the 19)
Autor:
Paul Racz, C. Berberich, Bernhard Fleischer, Thomas Kruppa, Ohene Adjei, F. van Vloten, Erasmus Klutse, V. Siegmund, Gisela Bretzel
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43:271-276
After tuberculosis and leprosy, Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans , is the third most common mycobacterial disease in immunocompetent humans. The disease occurs in tropical countries, with foci in West Africa, Central Africa, and th