Sexual contact ± genital lesions
Recent travel
History of HIV infection or other STIs
SC nodules or superficial blisters in the genital area that develop into open sores, usually painles...
Empirical treatment should be comprehensive and cover all likely pathogen...
Monitor for hyperkalemia with extended TMP/SMX treatment.
Other monitoring varies per tre...
28867007 Granuloma inguinale (disorder)
240607002 Donovanosis - inguinal lesion
240606006 Donovanosis - anogenital ulcer
Presents as SC nodules or superficial blisters in the genital area that develop into open sores, usually painless
Unusual in the United States
The disease is transmitted usually through ...
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Calymmatobacterium granulomatis (Donovan body), the etiologic agent granuloma inguinale.
Granuloma inguinale.
<bold>FIG. 32.3.</bold> Vulval granuloma inguinale of relatively recent origin. Some lesions are separate, others confluent. The margin of lesion is raised and scrolled; the base is granular and covered imperfectly by thin, gray slough. (From Demis DJ, Crounse RG, Dobson RL, et al, eds. Clinical dermatology, Vol 3. Hagerstown, MD: Harper & Row, 1972, with permission.)
<bold>FIG. 32.3.</bold> Vulval granuloma inguinale of relatively recent origin. Some lesions are separate, others confluent. T...
Granuloma inguinale. A photomicrograph of a skin lesion shows C. granulomatis (Donovan bodies) clustered in a large macrophage. Intense silvering by Warthin-Starry technique makes the organisms large, black, and easily seen.
Granuloma inguinale. A photomicrograph of a skin lesion shows C. granulomatis (Donovan bodies) clustered in a large macrophage. Intense si...