title: [Soft chancroid: 4 clinical cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The presentation of four clinical cases of chancroid confirmed by means of a culture for Haemophiullus Ducrey and the checking of its clinical and epidemiological characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dermatology Clinic at the "V Centenario" Health Centre, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four clinical cases collected between 1988 and 1992. They were characterised by the very painful ulcers on the penis which appeared from 10 to 15 days after possible infection. Two of them had been previously treated with penicillin but showed no improvement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical records were consulted and the diagnosis was confirmed by means of microbiological culture. Analyses including VDRL and HIV serologies were performed. All the patients were male: the location was the balanopreputial furrow. In two cases the lesion and the secondary adenopathy were single. In the four the general analysis was normal and serology for syphilis negative. Two were HIV positive. All were cured with a single dose of Ceftriaxon.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Even though the chancroid is not common in our field, it must be identifiable so that a proper differential diagnosis of all genital ulcers can be made, with confirmation by means of a culture in a specific medium. The present first line treatment should be in reach of the Public Health System's family doctors and be initiated at once, given that genital ulcers are a risk factor in HIV transmission. Additionally these patients' HIV antibodies should be studied.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud V Centenario, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Manget Velasco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borbujo Martínez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Manzano de Aróstegui
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Calderón Ubeda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toribio Da Pena
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casado Jiménez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002602:Chancroid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Chancro blando: cuatro casos clínicos.