RT Book, Section
A1 Taylor, Stephanie N.
A1 Martin, David H.
A2 Klausner, Jeffrey D.
A2 Hook, Edward W.
SR Print(0)
ID 3025144
T1 Chapter 12. Chancroid
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-145606-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3025144
RD 2024/04/19
AB •  Tender  papule  develops  into  a  pustule  after  an  incubation  period  of  4–7  days;  the  pustule  ruptures  within  a  few  days  to  produce  a  nonindurated,  painful  ulcer  with  a  purulent  base  and  undermined  or  ragged  borders.•  Unilateral  tender  inguinal  adenopathy  may  progress  to  a  bubo  (fluctuant  lymph  node  mass)  that  spontaneously  ruptures  or  requires  drainage.•  Isolation  of  the  causative  organism,  Haemophilus  ducreyi,  by  special  culture  media.