Highest Number of Flesh Eating Ulcer Cases Recorded in Australian State

Published on January 18, 2024

Victoria has recorded the highest number of flesh-eating Buruli ulcer cases, with 363 Victorians succumbing to skin infection in 2023. But most of the recorded cases were not severe. This comes after Victoria was considered to be one of the most endemic areas for the disease globally, having recorded the third highest case numbers in 2018, after Ghana and Nigeria. It has since become one of the state’s important public health issues. Buruli ulcer is an infection of the skin that is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans. It usually presents as a developing painless nodule or lump on the arm or leg and ulcerates over a number of weeks. The lump can sometimes be mistaken for an insect bite....

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