叫什么名字并不重要：溃疡分枝杆菌病：由溃疡分枝杆菌引起的感染。

What's in a name? Ulcerans disease: infections due to Mycobacterium ulcerans.

机构信息

Intermed.SA, P.O. Box 223, Torrens Park, Adelaide, SA 5062, Australia.

出版信息

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Oct;103(10):979-80. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.009. Epub 2009 Feb 8.

DOI:10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.009

PMID:19203770

Abstract

Lesions due to Mycobacterium ulcerans infection may have more synonyms and eponyms than any other disease. New diseases are named for the person who discovered them, from the place from which they were first described or some major clinical feature. 'Buruli ulcer', the name by which the disease is most frequently known, is none of these. Classically, the disease presents as extensive, undermined ulcers, first described by Searls from Bairnsdale in southeastern Australia, names that gave the disease its two eponyms. A case is made for the term 'Buruli ulcer' to be dropped from the medical literature and the disease to be known as 'ulcerans disease' or simply 'ulcerans'.

摘要

由于溃疡分枝杆菌感染导致的病变可能比任何其他疾病都有更多的同义词和别名。新的疾病通常以发现它们的人、首次描述它们的地方或一些主要的临床特征来命名。“布吕利溃疡”（Buruli ulcer）是这种疾病最常见的名称，但它不属于其中任何一种。从经典意义上讲，这种疾病表现为广泛的、有侵蚀性的溃疡，最早由澳大利亚东南部贝恩斯代尔的塞尔尔斯（Searls）描述，这两个名称给这种疾病带来了两个别名。因此，有人提出应从医学文献中删除“布吕利溃疡”（Buruli ulcer）一词，而将该疾病称为“溃疡分枝杆菌病”（ulcerans disease）或简称“溃疡分枝杆菌”（ulcerans）。