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The Application of Modern Dressings to Buruli Ulcers: Results from a Pilot Implementation Project in Ghana
Kristien Velding
Kristien Velding
Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Sandor-Adrian Klis
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K. Mohammad Abass
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Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana.
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Tjip S. van der Werf
Tjip S. van der Werf
Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Ymkje Stienstra
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Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Buruli ulcer (BU) is a tropical, infectious skin disease. The resulting ulcer can take a long time to heal, and a high standard of wound care is essential. Currently, the only dressing used for BU wound care is gauze, and its removal causes pain and bleeding. We performed a pilot implementation project using HydroTac® (HARTMANN, Heidenheim, Germany), a modern dressing combining foam with a hydrogel component. For future BU treatment, we recommend to use a more absorbent dressing than the HydroTac dressing used in the current project. However, we show that modern dressings can be applied to BUs and that HydroTac dressings yield clean, healing wounds, and prevent the pain and bleeding associated with gauze dressings. Wound care is a vital but to date neglected aspect of BU management.
Author Notes
Financial support: The HydroTac dressings and Hydrofilm were kindly provided by Hartmann free of charge. Ymkje Stienstra received financial support from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (VENI grant) and the Gratama Foundation.
Authors' addresses: Kristien Velding, Sandor-Adrian Klis, Tjip S. van der Werf, and Ymkje Stienstra, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, E-mails: k.velding@umcg.nl, s.klis@zgt.nl, t.s.van.der.werf@umcg.nl, and y.stienstra@umcg.nl. K. Mohammed Abass, Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana, E-mail: abass@agogopresbyhospital.org.
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Portaels F, Silva MT, Meyers WM, 2009. Buruli ulcer. Clin Dermatol 27: 291–305.
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2.
Mulder AA, Boerma RP, Barogui Y, Zinsou C, Johnson RC, Gbovi J, van der Werf TS, Stienstra Y, 2008. Healthcare seeking behaviour for Buruli ulcer in Benin: a model to capture therapy choice of patients and healthy community members. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102: 912–920.
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3.
Nienhuis WA, Stienstra Y, Thompson WA, Awuah PC, Abass KM, Tuah W, Awua-Boateng NY, Ampadu EO, Siegmund V, Schouten JP, Adjei O, Bretzel G, van der Werf TS, 2010. Antimicrobial treatment for early, limited Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 375: 664–672.
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4.
Barogui Y, Johnson RC, van der Werf TS, Sopoh G, Dossou A, Dijkstra PU, Stienstra Y, 2009. Functional limitations after surgical or antibiotic treatment for Buruli ulcer in Benin. Am J Trop Med Hyg 81: 82–87.
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5.
Stienstra Y, van Roest MH, van Wezel MJ, Wiersma IC, Hospers IC, Dijkstra PU, Johnson RC, Ampadu EO, Gbovi J, Zinsou C, Etuaful S, Klutse EY, van der Graaf WT, van der Werf TS, 2005. Factors associated with functional limitations and subsequent employment or schooling in Buruli ulcer patients. Trop Med Int Health 10: 1251–1257.
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6.
Alferink M, de Zeeuw J, Sopoh G, Agossadou C, Abass KM, Phillips RO, Loth S, Jutten E, Barogui YT, Stewart RE, van der Werf TS, Stienstra Y, Ranchor AV, 2015. Pain associated with wound care treatment among Buruli ulcer patients from Ghana and Benin. PLoS One 10: e0119926.
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7.
Lehman L, Simonet V, Saunderson P, Agbenorku P, 2006. Buruli Ulcer: Prevention of Disability (POD). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
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8.
Velding K, Klis SA, Abass KM, Tuah W, Stienstra Y, van der Werf T, 2014. Wound care in Buruli ulcer disease in Ghana and Benin. Am J Trop Med Hyg 91: 313–318.
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9.
Lee JC, Kandula S, Sherber NS, 2009. Beyond wet-to-dry: a rational approach to treating chronic wounds. Eplasty 9: e14.
-
10.
Ovington LG, 2001. Hanging wet-to-dry dressings out to dry. Home Healthc Nurse 19: 477–483, quiz 484.
-
11.
Grietens KP, Boock AU, Peeters H, Hausmann-Muela S, Toomer E, Ribera JM, 2008. “It is me who endures but my family that suffers”: social isolation as a consequence of the household cost burden of Buruli ulcer free of charge hospital treatment. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2: e321.
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12.
Shinohara T, Yamashita Y, Satoh K, Mikami K, Yamauchi Y, Hoshino S, Noritomi A, Maekawa T, 2008. Prospective evaluation of occlusive hydrocolloid dressing versus conventional gauze dressing regarding the healing effect after abdominal operations: randomized controlled trial. Asian J Surg 31: 1–5.
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13.
Lait ME, Smith LN, 1998. Wound management: a literature review. J Clin Nurs 7: 11–17.
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14.
Same-Ekobo A, Ehounou G, Comte E, Vuagnat H, 2014. Setting a course on chronic wounds in Cameroon. EWMA J 14: 56–59.
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