Table 1. Clinico-epidemiological features of Buruli ulcer patients from Nigeria.
Characteristic | n | % | |
Gender | male | 61 | 48% |
female | 66 | 52% | |
Age | ≤15 | 68 | 53,5% |
>15 | 59 | 46,5% | |
Category of lesions* | I | 10 | 8% |
II | 42 | 33,6% | |
III | 73 | 58,4% | |
Clinical forms | ulcerated simple | 34 | 26,8% |
ulcerated mixed | 65 | 51,2% | |
non ulcerated | 28 | 22% | |
Site of lesions | lower limb | 72 | 56,7% |
upper limb | 36 | 28,3% | |
other | 7 | 5,5% | |
disseminated | 12 | 9,45% |
*no available for 2 patients.