While the bacteria grew in the cell culture it would not grow on cell-free media used for growing
Haemophilus ducreyi. In 1998, identification of K.
The laboratory diagnosis of
Haemophilus ducreyi. Can.
The possibility of
Haemophilus ducreyi causing yaws-like ulcers is of epidemiological and clinical significance and needs to be further studied.
Neutropenia restores virulence to an attenuated Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase-deicient
Haemophilus ducreyi strain in the swine model chancroid.
Comparison of the in vitro Activities of Various Parenteral and Oral Antimicrobial Agents against Endemic
Haemophilus ducreyi. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1992;36:1639-43.
The genital ulcers caused by
Haemophilus ducreyi are a significant problem in Africa and other developing parts of the world where HTV is epidemic.
Chancroid is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by infection with
Haemophilus ducreyi and is characterized by genital ulceration.
* Chancroid (
Haemophilus ducreyi) is a less common STI than syphilis and HSV infection.
Depending on the country, testing for tropical genital ulcerative diseases such as chancroid (
Haemophilus ducreyi) is now advised according to patient history.
The global epidemiology of
Haemophilus ducreyi infections is poorly documented because of difficulties in confirming microbiological diagnoses.
Dark field microscopy for Trepanema pallidum, swab-cultures for
Haemophilus ducreyi and other aerobic bacteria and fungi gave negative results.