Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases (Skin-NTDs) A New Challenge

220 Pages·2019·3.346 MB·English

by  Roderick J Hay (editor), Kingsley Asiedu (editor)

Skin-Related
Neglected
Tropical Diseases
(Skin-NTDs)
A New Challenge
Edited by
Roderick J. Hay and Kingsley Asiedu
Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
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Skin-Related Neglected Tropical
Diseases (Skin-NTDs)

Skin-Related Neglected Tropical
Diseases (Skin-NTDs)
A New Challenge
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KingsleyAsiedu
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Contents
AbouttheSpecialIssueEditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Prefaceto”Skin-RelatedNeglectedTropicalDiseases(Skin-NTDs)—ANewChallenge” . . . ix
RoderickJ.HayandKingsleyAsiedu
Skin-RelatedNeglectedTropicalDiseases(SkinNTDs)—ANewChallenge
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2019,4,4,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed4010004. . . . . . . . . 1
AvishekSingh,WilliamJohnHannanMcBride,BrendaGovanandMarkPearson
PotentialAnimalReservoirofMycobacteriumulcerans:ASystematicReview
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,56,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3020056 . . . . . . . . 4
GuadalupeEstrada-Cha´vez,RobertoEstrada,DanielEngelman,JesusMolinaand
GuadalupeCha´vez-Lo´pez
Cushing Syndrome due to Inappropriate Corticosteroid Topical Treatment of Undiagnosed
Scabies
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,82,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030082 . . . . . . . . 13
VictoriaWilliamsandCarrieKovarik
Long-RangeDiagnosisofandSupportforSkinConditionsinFieldSettings
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,84,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030084 . . . . . . . . 20
AbebayehuTora,AsratMengiste,GailDaveyandMayaSemrau
CommunityInvolvementintheCareofPersonsAffectedbyPodoconiosis—ALessonforOther
SkinNTDs
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,87,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030087 . . . . . . . . 36
OusmaneFaye,CheickOumarBagayoko,AdamaDicko,LamissaCisse´,SiritioBerthe´,
BekayeTraore´,YoussoufFofana,MahamoudanNiang,SeydouTidianeTraore´,
YamoussaKarabintaandetal.
ATeledermatologyPilotProgrammefortheManagementofSkinDiseasesinPrimaryHealth
CareCentres:ExperiencesfromaResource-LimitedCountry(Mali,WestAfrica)
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,88,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030088 . . . . . . . . 44
MichaelMarks
AdvancesintheTreatmentofYaws
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,92,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030092 . . . . . . . . 58
MicheleE.Murdoch
Onchodermatitis:WhereAreWeNow?
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,94,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030094 . . . . . . . . 65
AhmedHassanFahal,SulimanHusseinSulimanandRoderickHay
Mycetoma:TheSpectrumofClinicalPresentation
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,97,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030097 . . . . . . . . 87
DanielEngelmanandAndrewC.Steer
ControlStrategiesforScabies
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,98,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030098 . . . . . . . . 98
v
DavidJohnChandlerandLucindaClaireFuller
TheSkin—ACommonPathwayforIntegratingDiagnosisandManagementofNTDs
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,101,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030101 . . . . . . . 109
LiesbethF.Mieras,AnnaT.Taal,ErikB.Post,AlcinoG.Z.Ndeveand
ColetteL.M.vanHees
TheDevelopmentofaMobileApplicationtoSupportPeripheralHealthWorkerstoDiagnose
andTreatPeoplewithSkinDiseasesinResource-PoorSettings
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,102,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030102 . . . . . . . 120
SushmaTatipally,AparnaSrikantamandSanjayKasetty
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) as a Potential Point of Care Laboratory Test for Leprosy
Diagnosis—ASystematicReview
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,107,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3040107 . . . . . . . 127
WendemagegnEnbialeandAshenafiAyalew
InvestigationofaScabiesOutbreakinDrought-AffectedAreasinEthiopia
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,114,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3040114 . . . . . . . 141
HollmanMiller,JulianTrujillo-TrujilloandHermannFeldmeier
InSituDiagnosisofScabiesUsingaHandheldDigitalMicroscopeinResource-PoorSettings—A
Proof-of-PrincipleStudyintheAmazonLowlandofColombia
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,116,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3040116 . . . . . . . 150
RieR.Yotsu
Integrated Management of Skin NTDs—Lessons Learned from Existing Practice and Field
Research
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2018,3,120,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3040120 . . . . . . . 166
GaetanoScanni
TheMite-GalleryUnit:ANewConceptforDescribingScabiesthroughEntodermoscopy
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2019,4,48,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed4010048 . . . . . . . . 185
RobertoEstrada-Castan˜o´n,GuadalupeEstrada-Cha´vezand
Mar´ıadeGuadalupeCha´vez-Lo´pez
Diagnosis and Management of Fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases In Community
Settings—MycetomaandSporotrichosis
Reprintedfrom:Trop.Med.Infect.Dis.2019,4,81,doi:10.3390/tropicalmed4020081 . . . . . . . . 197
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About the Special Issue Editors
Roderick J. Hay is Emeritus Professor of Cutaneous Infection, Kings College London, and of
Dermatology,QueensUniversityBelfast,andiscurrentlyConsultantDermatologistattheLondon
Bridge Hospital. He is a graduate of Oxford University and Guy’s Hospital, where he did his
earlytrainingbeforeworkingattheCentersforDiseaseControl, Atlanta, andtheLondonSchool
ofHygieneandTropicalMedicine. Hisclinicalandresearchinterestsareininfectiousandtropical
diseasesoftheskin,withafocusonfungalinfections. Forover30years,Hayranaskininfection
clinicinLondon. HeisaformerDeanoftheStJohnsInstituteofDermatology,London. From2002
to2007,hewasHeadoftheSchoolofMedicineandDentistryandDeanoftheFacultyofMedicine
andHealthSciences,QueensUniversityBelfast.
KingsleyAsiedu,Dr.,receivedhismedicaldegreefromtheKwameNkrumahUniversityofScience
and Technology Kumasi, Ghana, in 1990. After completing his rotations in pediatrics, obstetrics,
andgenecologyandsurgeryattheKomfoAnokyeTeachingHospitalinKumasi,hethenstartedhis
careerinpublichealthin1993intheremoteruraldistrictofAmansieWest,oneofthecountry’smost
deprivedareas. Asthedistrictmedicalofficeraswellasthemedicalofficerinchargeofthedistrict
hospital,StMartin’sCatholicHospital,hemanagedpublichealthactivitiesandcurativeservicesfor
apopulationofover100,000people. In1997,heearnedhisMastersinPublicHealthwithafocus
onhealthpolicyandmanagementattheRollinsSchoolofPublicHealth,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,
UnitedStatesofAmerica. HejoinedWHOin1998asaMedicalOfficerresponsibleforBuruliulcer.
In2007,hetookuptheadditionalresponsibilityoftheeradicationofyaws. Since2015,hehasbeen
coordinatingthecross-disciplinarydepartmentalworkonintegratingthecontrolandmanagement
ofanumberofNTDswithskinpresentations.Hismaininterestisinthecontroloftropicaldiseases,
districthealthsystems, theroleofcommunityhealthworkersinservicedelivery, andoperational
research.
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Preface to ”Skin-Related Neglected Tropical
Diseases (Skin-NTDs)—A New Challenge”
Theskinofthepatientisthefirstandmostvisiblestructureofthebodythatanyhealthcare
workerencountersinthecourseofanexamination. Itisalsohighlyvisible, andanydiseasethat
affects it is both noticeable and will have an impact on a patient’s personal and social wellbeing.
Itisthereforeanimportantentrypointfordiagnosis,diseasemapping,andintegratedmanagement.
Manyofthemajorneglectedtropicaldiseasesproducechangesintheskin,oftenthefirstindicatorof
illnessthatpatientswillnotice. Changestotheskinoftenre-enforcefeelingsofisolationandstigma
experiencedbypatientswithNTDs,buttheyalsoprovideopportunitiesforsimplifyingdiagnosis
anddevelopinganintegratedandstrategicapproachtocare.
AkeychallengeintakingthecommonfeatureofskininvolvementinNTDstoahigherlevel
isthatskindisease,ingeneral,isverycommon,particularlyinresource-poorsettings,andseeking
solutionstothefirstwithoutaddressingthecommonalityofskindiseaseisnotanoption.
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