Chancroid – desperate patient makes own diagnosis. (September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Barnes, P; Chauhan, M
• Is Part Of: International journal of STD & AIDS. Volume 25:Number 10(2014:Oct.)
• Page Start: 768
• Page End: 770
• Publication Date: 2014-09
• Subjects: Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi) -- sexually transmitted infection -- Europe -- treatment -- HSV -- herpes simplex virus -- GUD -- genital ulcer disease; Sexually transmitted diseases -- Periodicals; AIDS (Disease) -- Periodicals; 616.951
• DOI: 10.1177/0956462414522441
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0956-4624

Abstract

We report a case of chancroid in a white heterosexual man in the United Kingdom. This patient was seen by four separate health services over a period of five weeks with excruciatingly painful penile ulcers. Despite several negative herpes simplex virus polymerase chain reaction tests and a self-diagnosis of chancroid, he was repeatedly offered multiple courses of aciclovir. This case highlights the need for awareness of alternative diagnoses in persistent cases of genital ulcer disease.