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. 2015 Dec 1;16(6):721–727. doi: 10.1089/sur.2015.012

Table 2.

Infections Common or Endemic in Areas in Which Médecins Sans Frontières Operations Centre Brussels Provided Surgical Assistance from 2008–2014

Skin and soft tissue Intra-abdominal Tropical Orthopedic
Abscess Appendicitis Amoebiasis Hardware infection
Benign anorectal conditions Cholangitis Buruli and tropical ulcer Osteomyelitis
Diabetic foot infection Cholecysitis Cystic echinococcosis Septic arthritis
Necrotizing soft tissue infection Diverticulitis Filariasis  
Pilonidal disease Peptic ulcer (Helicobacter pylori) Helminthiasis  
Pyomyositis Hepatic & splenic abscess Schistosomiasis  
Wound infection Non-typhoid perforations Tuberculosis  
  Tubo-ovarian abscess Typhoid perforation  

Tuberculosis—often of the breast and abdomen.