Chronic cutaneous ulcers secondary to Haemophilus ducreyi infection.
Haemophilus ducreyi is a well recognised causative agent of genital ulcers and chancroid. We report two unusual cases of non-sexually transmitted H. ducreyi infection leading to chronic lower limb ulcers. Both patients were Australian expatriates visiting Australia from the Pacific Islands--one from Papua New Guinea and the other from Vanuatu.
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria. t.peel@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Trisha N
TN
Peel
Deepak
D
Bhatti
Jim C
JC
De Boer
Ivan
I
Stratov
Denis W
DW
Spelman
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002602:Chancroid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006191:Haemophilus ducreyi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents