Burli (mycobacterial) ulcers in Caucasians in Nigeria.
Seven Caucasians with Buruli ulcers have been treated. The disease did not behave differently in them from its behaviour in Africans nor has liability to infection any racial basis. Surgical removal with or without skin grafting is the treatment of choice.
D000328:Adult; D003475:Curettage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000601:surgery; D009549:Nigeria; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D044465:White People