A case and review of noma
| العنوان: | A case and review of noma |
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| المؤلفون: | Matthew R. Lewin, Brett Mensh, Joseph E. Tonna |
| المصدر: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 12, p e869 (2010) |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, Isolation (health care), lcsh:RC955-962, Pediatrics and Child Health, Photo Quiz, Public Health and Epidemiology/Infectious Diseases, Noma, Disease, Dermatology, Dermatology/Pediatric Skin Diseases, including Genetic Diseases, Medical care, Infectious Diseases/Skin Infections, Young Adult, Epidemiology, medicine, Prevalence, Humans, Dermatology/Skin Infections, Nutrition, Extreme poverty, business.industry, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Incidence (epidemiology), Incidence, Malnutrition, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, Bacterial Infections, Dermatology/Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery, medicine.disease, Nutrition/Malnutrition, Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases/Neglected Tropical Diseases, Immunology, business, Demography, Infectious Diseases/Tropical and Travel-Associated Diseases |
| الوصف: | History and Epidemiology Historically, noma is a disease of extreme poverty and malnourishment, reported throughout history in Asia, Europe, South America, and Africa [1,3,4]. It was described by Hippocrates [5] and found in German and Japanese concentration camps during World War II [1,6]. Infection occurs mostly in children, although it has been described in neonates, adults, and the chronically ill [3,7]. The true prevalence and incidence of noma are not fully known, because it is believed that only ,15% of patients with acute cases of the disease seek medical care [1,8]. Noma is a disease of shame, and the condition often results in forced isolation from the community and family; many children are sent to live in isolation rather than being taken to medical care [1,8–10]. In the late 1990s, the incidence of acute childhood noma was placed at 25,600 in countries bordering the Sahara [11], and worldwide at between 100,000 and 140,000 per year, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia [12]. Peak incidence is among children aged 1–4 [3,4,7]. Worldwide prevalence of those living with the sequelae of noma was placed at 770,000 in 1997 [8]. |
| تدمد: | 1935-2735 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::232b237eae8db1854b1c6f7771fca9e9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21200428 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....232b237eae8db1854b1c6f7771fca9e9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19352735 |
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