Co-occurrence of chancroid and gonorrhea.
BACKGROUND
Gonorrhea and chancroid are common sexually transmitted infections in many parts of the world. Still, co-occurrence of these two conditions is uncommonly reported.


OBJECTIVE
We present here a patient who presented with painful genital ulcers and urethral discharge simultaneously acquired from a single exposure, which turned out to be chancroid and gonorrhea, respectively. Both conditions responded well to a single intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone 250 mg.


CONCLUSIONS
This report describes the uncommon occurrence of gonorrhea and chancroid in a patient. Clinical features, relevant investigations, treatment options of these two sexually transmitted infections, and possible implications in view of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic are briefly discussed.
Nawaf
Al-Mutairi
AM
Department of Dermatology, Farwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Farwaniya, State of Kuwait. nalmut@usa.net
Joshi
Arun
A
Tayeh
Mohammad
M
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002602:Chancroid / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone