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EŞREF ÇELİK FLESH EATİNG BACTERIA
EŞREF ÇELİK FLESH EATİNG BACTERIA
• https://www.cdc.gov/groupastrep/diseases-hcp/necrotizing-fasciitis.html
Flesh Eating Bacteria
Et Yiyen Bakteriler
• In history the first disease caused by flesh-eating bacteria is Necrotizing fasciitis
described by Hippocrates in 500 BC
• The causative agent, Group A Streptococcus, was detected in 1874
• Some Clostridium species, Vibrio species are also considered flesh-eating
bacteria because they cause widespread tissue necrosis.
• Tarihte et yiyen bakterilerin neden olduğu ilk hastalık M.Ö. 500 yılında Hipokrat
tarafından tanımlanan Necrotizan fasciitis
• Etken Grup A Streptococcus 1874 de tesbit edildi
• Bazı Clostridium türleri, Vibrio türleri yaygın doku nekrozuna neden
olduklarından et yiyen bakteriler arasında sayılmaktadır
• Hasham S, Matteucci P, Stanley PR, Hart NB. Necrotising fasciitis. BMJ. 2005 Apr 9;330(7495):830-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7495.830. Erratum in: BMJ. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1143. PMID: 15817551; PMCID:
PMC556077
Mycobacterium ulcerans, Buruli Ulcer
Mycobacterium ulcerans, Buruli Ülseri
• Joseph P Receveur, Alexandra Bauer, Jennifer L Pechal, Sophie Picq, Magdalene Dogbe, Heather R Jordan, Alex W Rakestraw, Kayla Fast, Michael Sandel, Christine
Chevillon, Jean-François Guégan, John R Wallace, M Eric Benbow, A need for null models in understanding disease transmission: the example of Mycobacterium
ulcerans (Buruli ulcer disease), FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Volume 46, Issue 1, January 2022, fuab045, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab045
Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans
• Buruli ülseri ağrısız bir nodül, bacaklarda, kollarda veya yüzde yaygın
ödem ile başlar.
• Nodüllerde ağrısız ilerleme olur 4 hafta içinde ülsere olur. Kemiklerde
deformasyonlar ve ateş
Differential diagnosis, Ayırıcı Tanı
• Early nodular and papular lesions may be confused with insect bites,
boils, lipomas, deep fungal subcutaneous infections.
• It can be confused with cellulite, but cellulitis has pain and fever.
Yotsu RR, Suzuki K, Simmonds RE, Bedimo R, Ablordey A, Yeboah-Manu D, Phillips R, Asiedu K. Buruli Ulcer: a
Review of the Current Knowledge. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2018;5(4):247-256. doi: 10.1007/s40475-018-0166-2. Epub
Sep 28. PMID: 30460172; PMCID: PMC6223704.
Ulcerative BU lesions in patients
from West Africa (upper panel)
and Japan (lower panel).
Photographs from Japanese
patients
(Dr. M. Ohtsuka, Fukushima
Medical University)
‘’I have didn’t fail the test but I just find hundred ways to do it wrong.’’
‘‘Başarısız olmadım ancak sadece yanlış yapmanın yüzlerce yolunu buldum.‘’
Benjamin Franklin
References
• https://www.cdc.gov/groupastrep/diseases-hcp/necrotizing-fasciitis.html
• Hasham S, Matteucci P, Stanley PR, Hart NB. Necrotising fasciitis. BMJ. 2005 Apr 9;330(7495):830-
3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7495.830. Erratum in: BMJ. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1143. PMID:
15817551; PMCID: PMC556077
• Dziedzom K de Souza; Charles Quaye; Lydia Mosi; Phyllis Addo; Daniel A Boakye
DISCLOSURES BMC Infect Dis. 2012;12(8)
Joseph P Receveur, Alexandra Bauer, Jennifer L Pechal, Sophie Picq, Magdalene Dogbe, Heather R
Jordan, Alex W Rakestraw, Kayla Fast, Michael Sandel, Christine Chevillon, Jean-François Guégan,
John R Wallace, M Eric Benbow, A need for null models in understanding disease transmission:
the example of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer disease), FEMS Microbiology Reviews,
Volume 46, Issue 1, January 2022, fuab045, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab045
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/buruli-ulcer-(mycobacterium-ulcerans-
infection)
References
Dennis L. Stevens, The Flesh-Eating Bacterium: What's Next?, The Journal of Infectious Diseases,
Volume 179, Issue Supplement_2, March 1999, Pages S366–S374, https://doi.org/10.1086/513851
Yotsu RR, Suzuki K, Simmonds RE, Bedimo R, Ablordey A, Yeboah-Manu D, Phillips R, Asiedu K. Buruli
Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2018;5(4):247-256. doi:
10.1007/s40475-018-0166-2. Epub 2018 Sep 28. PMID: 30460172; PMCID: PMC6223704.
Röltgen K, Pluschke G. Buruli Ulcer: History and Disease Burden. 2019 Apr 30. In: Pluschke G, Röltgen
K, editors. Buruli Ulcer: Mycobacterium Ulcerans Disease [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer;
2019. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553836/ doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-
11114-4_1
Popa GL, Muntean AA, Popa MI. Recent Advances in the Management Strategies for Buruli
Ulcers. Pathogens. 2023; 12(9):1088. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091088
Guliyeva G, Huayllani MT, Sharma NT, Janis JE. Practical Review of Necrotizing Fasciitis: Principles and
Evidence-based Management. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Jan 19;12(1):e5533. doi:
10.1097/GOX.0000000000005533. PMID: 38250213; PMCID: PMC10798703.