Chancroid
Basics
Description
Description
- Sexually transmitted genital ulcerative disease:
- Increased risk for HIV infection
- A common cause of painful genital ulceration in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America:
- Uncommon in the U.S. where herpes simplex virus (HSV) > syphilis >> chancroid, but likely underreported
- Newly identified as causative agent in chronic cutaneous ulcers of the lower limb in children in the tropics in the Pacific islands
Etiology
Causative agent: Haemophilus ducreyiEtiology
- Highly infectious bacterium
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Citation
Schaider, Jeffrey J., et al., editors. "Chancroid." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 6th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307245/all/Chancroid.
Chancroid. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307245/all/Chancroid. Accessed December 10, 2024.
Chancroid. (2020). In Schaider, J. J., Barkin, R. M., Hayden, S. R., Wolfe, R. E., Barkin, A. Z., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult (6th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307245/all/Chancroid
Chancroid [Internet]. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, Wolfe RER, Barkin AZA, Shayne PP, Rosen PP, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. [cited 2024 December 10]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307245/all/Chancroid.
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