A 30-year-old woman from rural Thailand presents with a chronic non-healing skin ulcer on her ankle. Multiple treatments with antibiotics have failed....

Question

A 30-year-old woman from rural Thailand presents with a chronic non-healing skin ulcer on her ankle. Multiple treatments with antibiotics have failed. Biopsy shows well-formed granulomata. AFB stain is positive. Culture at 32°C grows after 8 weeks. IS2404 PCR is positive. What WHO-recommended treatment duration is required?

Accepted Answer

8 weeks of rifampicin plus clarithromycin

Answer

2 weeks

Answer

6 months of RIPE

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Lifelong treatment

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Single dose of praziquantel

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Buruli Ulcer 8-week Treatment