Cutaneous diphtheria masquerading as a sexually transmitted disease.
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
;
2008 Mar-Apr; 74(2): 187
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-52097
ABSTRACT
A 41 year-old, sexually promiscuous, married male, an agricultural laborer by occupation, presented to our sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic with multiple ulcers over the scrotum and genitalia of 20 days' duration. Bacterial culture from swabs taken from the genital ulcer, grew organisms morphologically and biochemically characteristic of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. He made a complete and uneventful recovery after two weeks of therapy with antidiphtheria serum and crystalline penicillin. This case brings into light this hitherto unreported presentation of wound diphtheria mimicking a sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease and thus, underlines the importance of considering diphtheria as differential in atypical, long-standing genital ulcers.
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Assunto principal:
Dermatopatias
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
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Adulto
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Diagnóstico Diferencial
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Difteria
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
Ano de publicação:
2008
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