ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2005
The laboratory diagnosis of Haemophilus ducreyi.
Article in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Haemophilus ducreyi Bacteria Causing Cutaneous Ulcer Outbreak in Children, Sierra Leone, December 2025.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Genital ulcer disease: Study of factors associated and utility of rapid diagnostic methods in current pandemic.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Genital ulcer disease: A review.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Review
- Potential for Phages in the Treatment of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- A Young Patient with Painful Penile Lesions.Cureus · 2019Article
- Haemophilus ducreyi Cutaneous Ulcer Strains Diverged from Both Class I and Class II Genital Ulcer Strains: Implications for Epidemiological Studies.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Clinical value of Treponema pallidum real-time PCR for diagnosis of syphilis.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2010Article
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Abstract
Chancroid is a sexually transmitted infection caused by Haemophilus ducreyi. This fastidious, Gram-negative coccobacilli dies rapidly outside the human host, making diagnostic testing using culture methods difficult. This genital ulcer infection is not common in Canada and, therefore, can often be misdiagnosed. The objective of the present paper is to provide practical approaches for the diagnosis of chancroid in Canadian patients where the prevalence of this infection is low. Issues related to sample collection, sample transport and available diagnostic tests are reviewed, and several alternative approaches are outlined. Although antigen detection, serology and genetic amplification methods have all been reported for H ducreyi, none are commercially available. Culture is still the primary method available to most laboratories. However, the special media necessary for direct bedside inoculation is often not available; therefore, communication with the diagnostic laboratory and rapid specimen transport are essential when chancroid is suspected.
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