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    Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria

    The non-filarial and non-communicable disease podoconiosis affects around 4 million people and is characterized by severe leg lymphedema accompanied with painful intermittent acute inflammatory episodes, calle...

    Claudio Neidhöfer, Derick Lekealem Nkwetta, Bangsi Rose Fuen in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Phenotypical characterization, and antibiotics susceptibility patterns of skin bacteria found in podoconiosis patients in the North West Region of Cameroon

    Podoconiosis, a non-infectious disease originating from long-term exposure of bare feet to irritant red clay soil is a lifelong, disabling disease with no specific diagnostic tool, classified into 5 stages bas...

    Derick Lekealem Nkwetta, Bangsi Rose Fuen, Njodzeka Flora Yenban in BMC Microbiology (2023)