title: Sexually transmitted diseases. Genital ulceration with regional adenopathy.
abstract: The specific agent causing genital ulceration is difficult to identify without laboratory confirmatory testing including darkfield microscopy, syphilis and lymphogranuloma venereum serology, and culture for Haemophilus ducreyi and herpes simplex virus. Empiric antimicrobial therapy risks masking clinical or serologic diagnosis of syphilis.
authors.affiliation: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic, Duval County Health Department, Jacksonville, Florida.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Krockta
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000473:pathology*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000473:pathology*; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000209:etiology