TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Haemophilus ducreyi in Penile Ulcers in Bangkok, Thailand
AU - Taylor, David N.
AU - Duangmani, Chiraphun
AU - Suvongse, Chaninthorn
AU - O’Connor, Robert
AU - Pitarangsi, Chittima
AU - Panikabutra, Kanchana
AU - Echeverria, Peter
PY - 1984/1/1
Y1 - 1984/1/1
N2 - In October 1982, penile ulcers were identified in 248 (19%) of 1282 men at Bangrak Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. The etiology of the ulcers was determined for 120 (48%) of these patients. Haemophilus ducreyi was isolated from 45 (38%), herpes simplex virus from 14 (12%), and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from two (2%) of 120 patients. Syphilis was detected in one patient. Two patients had both H. ducreyi and herpes simplex virus isolated from the same ulcer. Thirty-five per cent of patients had a single ulcer, 56% had two to four ulcers, and 9% had more than four. Ulcers were located on the prepuce or coronal sulcus (69%), frenulum (18%), shaft (9%), and glans (4%). Inguinal adenopathy was present in only 11% of patients. H. ducreyi infection was diagnosed by gram stain in 28 (62%) of 45 patients from whom H. ducreyi was isolated and in only one of 75 patients from whom H. ducreyi was not isolated. Of the 45 isolates of H. ducreyi, 42 (93%) were isolated with use of media containing horse blood and 34 (76%) with use of media containing rabbit blood.
AB - In October 1982, penile ulcers were identified in 248 (19%) of 1282 men at Bangrak Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. The etiology of the ulcers was determined for 120 (48%) of these patients. Haemophilus ducreyi was isolated from 45 (38%), herpes simplex virus from 14 (12%), and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from two (2%) of 120 patients. Syphilis was detected in one patient. Two patients had both H. ducreyi and herpes simplex virus isolated from the same ulcer. Thirty-five per cent of patients had a single ulcer, 56% had two to four ulcers, and 9% had more than four. Ulcers were located on the prepuce or coronal sulcus (69%), frenulum (18%), shaft (9%), and glans (4%). Inguinal adenopathy was present in only 11% of patients. H. ducreyi infection was diagnosed by gram stain in 28 (62%) of 45 patients from whom H. ducreyi was isolated and in only one of 75 patients from whom H. ducreyi was not isolated. Of the 45 isolates of H. ducreyi, 42 (93%) were isolated with use of media containing horse blood and 34 (76%) with use of media containing rabbit blood.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007435-198407000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00007435-198407000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 6095473
AN - SCOPUS:0021601246
SN - 0148-5717
VL - 11
SP - 148
EP - 151
JO - Sexually transmitted diseases
JF - Sexually transmitted diseases
IS - 3
ER -