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... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections > Pasteurellaceae Infections > Haemophilus Infections > Chancroid
Urogenital Diseases > Genital Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial > Chancroid
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Communicable Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial > Chancroid
Infections > Communicable Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial > Chancroid
Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial > Chancroid

Preferred term

Chancroid  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Acute, localized autoinoculable infectious disease usually acquired through sexual contact. Caused by HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI, it occurs endemically almost worldwide, especially in tropical and subtropical countries and more commonly in seaports and urban areas than in rural areas.

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In other languages

  • Chancre mou

    French

  • Chancre simple
  • Chancrelle
  • Chancroïde

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BR9TH7CP-5

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