Buruli @entity1066 is an @entity7823 with a high prevalence in many West African countries neighbouring Togo. The aim of the present study is to assess the situation in Togolese hospitals. It was conducted for 2 years (between January 2000 and December 2001) based on the Buruli @entity1066 record files set up in Togolese hospitals, with a view to analyse the incidence of the disease, its characteristics in the @entity1 and its topographic distribution in relation to their environment. During this period, 180 @entity1 were recorded, 120 of whom were male and 18 female. The average age was 20.7 years and 20.6% of the cases were @entity1 . Lower limbs were more affected (153), followed by upper limbs (20), trunk (5), head and neck (2). Large @entity1066 were recorded in 11.11% of cases (n = 20), localised in 7.5% of the @entity1 (n = 143), diffuse or metastatic in 9.4% of cases. No pre-ulcerative lesion was found. An increase in the incidence of the disease was observed from one year to the other while cases were notified in new care centres. Three risk areas were identified according to the origin of the @entity1 : the laguna area of the coast, marshy inland areas where market crops and @entity579 are cultivated and river valley areas. The study revealed that Buruli @entity1066 cases treated in Togolese hospitals were increasing year after year. A morbidity study is necessary to assess the importance of the disease on a national scale.

[Buruli XXXX in Togo: a hospital study].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients'] @entity1066 :: ('MESH:D014456', 'Disease') :: ['ulcer', 'ulcerative lesions'] @entity579 :: ('4530', 'Species') :: ['rice'] @entity7823 :: ('MESH:D021821', 'Disease') :: ['emerging disease']
@entity1066 :: (MESH:D014456,Disease) :: ['ulcer']
