TY - JOUR
T1 - Haemophilus ducreyi infection in south florida
T2 - A rare disease on the rise?
AU - Becker, Thomas M.
AU - Dewitt, Wallace
AU - Van Dusen, Gary
PY - 1987/2
Y1 - 1987/2
N2 - Increased numbers of patients with genital ulcers sought medical attention in the Palm Beach County, Florida, Sexually Transmitted Disease clinics from Aug 1, 1982 to Aug 31, 1983. We established that a small proportion of subsequent cases of genital ulcers were caused by Haemophilus ducreyi, the etiologic agent associated with chancroid. We also set up a surveillance system to monitor this sexually transmitted infection, and have illuminated several recent cases of chancroid occurring in that area. This outbreak of chancroid suggests that clinicians practicing in south Florida consider chancroid (generally a rare disease in the United States) in their differential diagnoses of genital ulcers.
AB - Increased numbers of patients with genital ulcers sought medical attention in the Palm Beach County, Florida, Sexually Transmitted Disease clinics from Aug 1, 1982 to Aug 31, 1983. We established that a small proportion of subsequent cases of genital ulcers were caused by Haemophilus ducreyi, the etiologic agent associated with chancroid. We also set up a surveillance system to monitor this sexually transmitted infection, and have illuminated several recent cases of chancroid occurring in that area. This outbreak of chancroid suggests that clinicians practicing in south Florida consider chancroid (generally a rare disease in the United States) in their differential diagnoses of genital ulcers.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-198702000-00010
DO - 10.1097/00007611-198702000-00010
M3 - Article
C2 - 3492766
AN - SCOPUS:0023292456
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 80
SP - 182
EP - 184
JO - Southern medical journal
JF - Southern medical journal
IS - 2
ER -