Unusual transmission route of Lymphogranuloma venereum; following sexual contact with a female donkey.
Here, we present a 20-year-old man who presented with painful inguinal and femoral masses. He gave a history of sexual contact with a mare 14 days before his recent illness. He was diagnosed with lymphogranuloma venereum based on the histopathological findings and a high titre of IgG (1:1400).
Khorvash
Farzin
F
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. khorvash@med.mui.ac.ir
Keshteli
Ammar H
AH
Salehi
Hassan
H
Szeredi
Levente
L
Morré
Servaas A
SA
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018397:Equidae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008219:Lymphogranuloma Venereum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G