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Chronic cutaneous ulcers secondary to Haemophilus ducreyi infection
Author(s) -
Peel Trisha N,
Bhatti Deepak,
Boer Jim C,
Stratov Ivan,
Spelman Denis W
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03537.x
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical microbiology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
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.