RT Book, Section
A1 Boslett, Bryn A.
A1 Schwartz, Brian S.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1175787818
T1 Granuloma Inguinale
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2021
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260469868
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175787818
RD 2023/05/30
AB Granuloma  inguinale  is  a  chronic,  relapsing  granulomatous  anogenital  infection  due  to  Calymmatobacterium  (Donovania)  granulomatis.  The  pathognomonic  cell,  found  in  tissue  scrapings  or  secretions,  is  large  (25–90  mcm)  and  contains  intracytoplasmic  cysts  filled  with  bodies  (Donovan  bodies)  that  stain  deeply  with  Wright  stain.