RT Book, Section
A1 Ishak, Rim S.
A1 Ghosn, Samer H.
A2 Goldsmith, Lowell A.
A2 Katz, Stephen I.
A2 Gilchrest, Barbara A.
A2 Paller, Amy S.
A2 Leffell, David J.
A2 Wolff, Klaus
SR Print(0)
ID 56091647
T1 Chapter 203. Lymphogranuloma Venereum
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-166904-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56091647
RD 2024/04/20
AB |PrintLymphogranuloma  Venereum  at  a  GlanceSystemic  sexually  transmitted  disease  caused  by  L  serovars  of  Chlamydia  trachomatis.Endemic  in  Africa,  Southeast  Asia,  and  South  and  Central  America,  and  rare  in  developed  countries.Recent  outbreaks  among  men  who  have  sex  with  men  in  Europe  and  North  America.Clinically  manifest  as  inguinal  and  anorectal  syndromes,  in  three  stages.Hematogenous  spread  with  manifestations  of  systemic  infection.Diagnosis  by  identification  of  organism  and  by  serology  or  genotyping.Doxycycline  or  erythromycin  treatment  curative  if  given  early.