Buruli Ulcer Category and 8-Week Antibiotic Doses (WHO)
Gives the WHO Buruli ulcer category (I, II or III) and the 8-week antibiotics by weight: rifampicin 10 mg/kg plus clarithromycin 7.5 mg/kg twice daily, capped, with the moxifloxacin and streptomycin options.
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Example
- Number of lesions
- 1
- Largest lesion diameter in cm
- 8
- At a critical site
- No
- Bone or joint involvement
- No
- Weight in kg
- 30
- Pregnant
- No
- On efavirenz
- No
Result: Category II: a single lesion 5 to 15 cm.
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What you enter
- Number of lesions
- Largest lesion diameter in cm
- At a critical site (eye, breast, genitals, head and neck)
- Bone or joint involvement
- Weight in kg
- Pregnant
- On efavirenz
How this is calculated
Citation
WHO. Treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer): guidance for health workers. 2012, pp. 7-9 and 45-46. WHO. Management of Buruli ulcer-HIV coinfection: technical update. 2020, section 3.1. Read the source ↗
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