Genetic Susceptibility and Predictors of Paradoxical Reactions in Buruli Ulcer

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dc.contributor.authorBarogui, Yves Thierry
dc.contributor.authorKlis, Sandor-Adrian
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Roch Christian
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Richard Odame
dc.contributor.authorVeer, Eveline van der
dc.contributor.authoret. al
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-09T16:51:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T01:42:29Z
dc.date.available2020-01-09T16:51:02Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T01:42:29Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-20
dc.descriptionAn article published by PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and available at DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004594en_US
dc.description.abstractBuruli ulcer is an infectious disease of skin, subcutaneous fat and sometimes bone, mainly affecting children in West Africa. It is considered as one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases but the disease occurs also in moderate climates like South East Australia and Japan where it may also affect adults. Once a patient has started antibiotic treatment, lesions may increase in size even if the antimicrobial treatment is effective; this is highly confusing for doctors and patients as they may think that treatment actually fails. The cause of Buruli ulcer is Mycobacterium ulcerans, related to other mycobacteria that cause disease in man, like leprosy and tuberculosis. Using data from two different studies in West Africa, we show that these paradoxical reactions are associated with trunk localization and that they occur more often in larger lesions. The chance to develop these reactions appeared partly inherited: carrying the homozygous ins/ins genotype of 3’UTR TGTG 285 polymorphism in the SLC11A1 gene increased the risk of paradoxical reactions. Vitamin D is important for the immune defense against infections by mycobacteria. Vitamin D blood concentrations were not associated with paradoxical reactions; patients generally did well, and we did not need corticosteroid immune suppression to overcome these reactions.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUSTen_US
dc.identifier.citationPLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(4): e0004594. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004594en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/11880
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPLOS Neglected Tropical Diseasesen_US
dc.titleGenetic Susceptibility and Predictors of Paradoxical Reactions in Buruli Ulceren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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