An unusual case of giant chancroid ulcer

George, Neethu Mary; Potlapati, Amruthavalli

doi:10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_7_21

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“…According to CDC, chancroid can be diagnosed if H. ducreyi is isolated on special culture media but the drawback is that it is not widely available from commercial sources; and also, its sensitivity is <80%. 19 No FDA-cleared NAAT for H. ducreyi is available; however, such testing can be performed by clinical laboratories that have developed their own NAAT and have conducted CLIA verification studies on genital specimens. Presence of one or more deep and painful genital ulcers along with tender suppurative inguinal adenopathy is suggestive of chancroid.…”

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Chancroid: A Tenacious Old Foe of Mankind – Two Cases from the Foothills of the Himalayas

Singh,

Bhatia,

Kaistha

et al. 2024

J. Pure Appl. Microbiol.

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Sexually transmitted infections are a common problem worldwide. A typical presentations may sometimes occur so Chancroid should always be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis while dealing with genital ulcer disease (GUD) patients as Microbiological evidence may not always be available. We present two cases with GUD. Swabs were collected from the base and margins of the penile ulcers and sent to the bacteriology laboratory for Gram staining and aerobic routine culture. Gram-stained smears revealed numerous Gram-negative coccobacilli in a typical railroad track/school of fish appearance suggestive of Haemophilus ducreyi infection. No growth was observed on aerobic routine culture. The patients were started on single-dose azithromycin as per National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) guidelines. Remarkable clinical improvement was observed in both patients on follow-up.

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