Mapping biopsy for Buruli ulcer self ‐medicated with occlusive dressing

We present here a case of Buruli ulcer treated successfully with a preoperative mapping biopsy procedure, which had been self‐medicated with occlusive dressing. Because Buruli ulcer is accompanied by subtle pain, patients and clinicians tend to initially treat the ulcer with occlusive dressing therapy, which leads to the misdiagnosis of Buruli ulcer as a common bacterial infection only judging from bacterial culture of the surface of the ulcer. We propose the efficacy of mapping biopsy for treating Buruli ulcer.

Source: The Journal of Dermatology - September 11, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: Takuma Hayami, Toshifumi Takahashi, Takeshi Kato, Toshihiro Tanaka, Noriki Fujimoto Tags: Concise Communication Source Type: research