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MeSH Heading: Buruli Ulcer
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.410.040.552.475.247; C17.800.893.295
Unique ID: D054312
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054312
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent
Scope Note: A lesion in the skin and subcutaneous tissues due to infections by MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS. It was first reported in Uganda, Africa.
Entry Term(s): Buruli Ulcer Disease; Infections, Mycobacterium ulcerans; Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection
NLM Classification #: WC 302
Previous Indexing: Mycobacterium Infections (1965-2007); Skin Ulcer (1965-2007)
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0503954
Scope Note: A lesion in the skin and subcutaneous tissues due to infections by MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS. It was first reported in Uganda, Africa.
Terms: Buruli Ulcer Preferred Term
Term UI T686136
Date11/16/2006
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Buruli Ulcer Disease
Term UI T818661
Date02/29/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Infections, Mycobacterium ulcerans
Term UI T686137
Date11/16/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection
Term UI T686138
Date11/16/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008)

Buruli Ulcer MeSH Descriptor Data 2024