Buruli ulcer - Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease
Preface
This manual is to assist health care providers and laboratory scientists to diagnose Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). The manual aims to achieve a better understanding of the clinical presentation and its diagnosis. The methods described are tailored to various levels of care and available resources to improve the diagnosis and surveillance of the disease.
Please note: This manual is not intended to serve as a standard of laboratory methods. It is not a replacement for textbooks on laboratory work. Adherence to it will not ensure a successful outcome in every case, nor should it be construed as including all proper methods of laboratory diagnosis or excluding other acceptable methods aimed at the same results. Ultimate judgement regarding a particular method must be made by the health care provider or laboratory scientist in the light of the clinical findings in the patient and the available options for diagnosis.