Cutaneous chancroid in a visitor from Vanuatu.
A 23-year-old woman from Vanuatu presented to an Australian hospital with a 3-week history of a non-healing ulcer on the lower leg. A swab was submitted for a multiplex polymerase chain reaction designed to investigate genital ulcerative conditions. Haemophilus ducreyi was detected and the gene product was subsequently sequenced, confirming the diagnosis of cutaneous chancroid. The lesion responded to intramuscular benzathine penicillin. This report adds further evidence that cutaneous chancroid should be considered in the evaluation of skin ulcers in the south Pacific.
McBride
William J H
WJ
School of Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. john.mcbride@jcu.edu.au
Hannah
Rory C S
RC
Le Cornec
Genevera M
GM
Bletchly
Cheryl
C
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002602:Chancroid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006191:Haemophilus ducreyi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014195:Travel; D009514:Vanuatu; D015001:Yaws / Q000175:diagnosis
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine