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    Chancroid

    Chancroid is a topic covered in the 5-Minute Emergency Consult.

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    Description

    • Sexually transmitted genital ulcerative disease:
      • Increased risk for HIV infection
    • A common cause of genital ulceration in Africa, southeast Asia, and Latin America:
      • Uncommon in US where herpes simplex virus (HSV) > syphilis >> chancroid, but likely underreported

    Etiology

    Causative agent: Haemophilus ducreyi
    • Highly infectious bacterium

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    TY - ELEC T1 - Chancroid ID - 307245 ED - Barkin,Adam Z, ED - Barkin,Roger M, ED - Hayden,Stephen R, ED - Rosen,Peter, ED - Schaider,Jeffrey J, ED - Shayne,Philip, ED - Wolfe,Richard E, BT - 5-Minute Emergency Consult UR - https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307245/all/Chancroid PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ET - 5 DB - Emergency Central DP - Unbound Medicine ER -