Chronic cutaneous ulcers secondary to Haemophilus ducreyi infection

Med J Aust. 2010 Mar 15;192(6):348-50. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03537.x.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Chancroid / complications*
  • Chancroid / diagnosis
  • Chancroid / microbiology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Haemophilus ducreyi / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin / microbiology
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Ulcer / diagnosis
  • Skin Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Skin Ulcer / etiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents