Imported pedal chancroid: case report

Genitourin Med. 1989 Apr;65(2):126-7. doi: 10.1136/sti.65.2.126.

Abstract

A man aged 22 who had returned from the Fiji Islands to Denmark had chancroid on the left foot, but no history or sign of primary genital infection. The pedal location only is an unusual presentation of the disease, which was diagnosed only microbiologically. Chronic tropical ulcers therefore demand special microbiological attention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chancroid / complications
  • Chancroid / transmission*
  • Foot Diseases / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Skin Ulcer / etiology*