Document 0548
 DOCN  M9440548
 TI    Haemophilus ducreyi [editorial]
 DT    9404
 AU    Jonasson JA
 SO    Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Nov-Dec;4(6):317-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94137864
 AB    Genital ulcer disease as a risk factor for HIV transmission has become
       apparent in the fight against AIDS. In poor communities in developing
       countries with people living under low hygienic conditions chancroid is
       often reported to be the most common form of genital ulcer. It is caused
       by Haemophilus ducreyi; a fastidious bacterium, notoriously difficult to
       grow in the laboratory. Apart from a few small micro-epidemics from time
       to time the disease, which has interesting immunological aspects, is now
       rare and almost forgotten in most industrialized countries. This may be
       part of the reason why there is no simple and inexpensive diagnostic
       test available yet that would be useful in the low-resource settings
       where chancroid is prevalent. The present review focuses on the
       diagnosis and pathogenesis of chancroid.
 DE    Chancroid/*DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female  *Haemophilus
       ducreyi/ISOLATION & PURIF/PATHOGENICITY  Human  Male  Support, Non-U.S.
       Gov't  EDITORIAL  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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