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Buruli Ulcer Wound Care

Buruli Ulcer Wound Care

Project Lead(s)
Director Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
Prof. Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
Professor
Key Publications  
  1. Addison, N. O., Pfau, S., Koka, E., Aboagye, S. Y., Kpeli, G., Pluschke, G., . . . Junghanss, T. (2017). Assessing and managing wounds of Buruli ulcer patients at the primary and secondary health care levels in Ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(2), e0005331. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005331
  2. Koka, E., Yeboah-Manu, D., Okyere, D., Adongo, P. B., & Ahorlu, C. K. (2016). Cultural Understanding of Wounds, Buruli Ulcers and Their Management at the Obom Sub-district of the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(7), e0004825. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004825
  3. Kpeli, G., Buultjens, A. H., Giulieri, S., Owusu-Mireku, E., Aboagye, S. Y., Baines, S. L., . . . Stinear, T. (2017). Genomic analysis of ST88 community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ghana. PeerJ, 5, e3047. doi:10.7717/peerj.3047
  4. Kpeli, G., Darko Otchere, I., Lamelas, A., Buultjens, A. L., Bulach, D., Baines, S. L., . . . Yeboah-Manu, D. (2016). Possible healthcare-associated transmission as a cause of secondary infection and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from two wound treatment centres in Ghana. New Microbes New Infect, 13, 92-101. doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.07.001
  5. Kpeli, G., Owusu-Mireku, E., Hauser, J., Pluschke, G., & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2017). Longitudinal assessment of the bacterial burden of buruli ulcer wounds during treatment. Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal (BBRJ), 1(1), 65-70. doi:10.4103/bbrj.bbrj_37_17
  6. Kpeli, G. S., & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2019). Secondary Infection of Buruli Ulcer Lesions. In G. Pluschke & K. Roltgen (Eds.), Buruli Ulcer: Mycobacterium Ulcerans Disease (pp. 227-239). Cham (CH).
  7. Yeboah-Manu, D., Kpeli, G. S., Ruf, M. T., Asan-Ampah, K., Quenin-Fosu, K., Owusu-Mireku, E., . . . Pluschke, G. (2013). Secondary bacterial infections of buruli ulcer lesions before and after chemotherapy with streptomycin and rifampicin. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(5), e2191. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002191
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