Frambösie
Also known as frambesia, frambesia tropica, frambosie, polypapilloma tropicum, thymosis, bouba, Endemic treponematoses, Treponema pertenue infection
Krankheit
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Yaws
- Medical condition.image
- Yaws 01.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Nodules on the elbow resulting from a Treponema pallidum pertenue bacterial infection
- Medical condition.field
- Infectious disease
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Frambesia tropica, thymosis, polypapilloma tropicum, non-venereal endemic syphilis, puru (Malay),bouba (Spanish), frambösie, pian (French), frambesia (German), bakataw (Maguindanaoan)
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Hard swelling of the skin, ulcer, joint and bone pain
- Medical condition.causes
- Treponema pallidum pertenue spread by direct contact
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Based on symptoms, blood antibody tests, polymerase chain reaction
- Medical condition.prevention
- Mass treatment
- Medical condition.medication
- Azithromycin, benzathine penicillin
- Medical condition.frequency
Article · Deutsch
Frambösie ist eine in tropischen Regionen auftretende nicht-venerische Infektionskrankheit aus der Gruppe der tropischen Treponematosen, die durch das Bakterium Treponema pertenue hervorgerufen wird.
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