Diseases

Granuloma Inguinale

Anogenital ulcers caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis as distinguished from lymphogranuloma inguinale (see LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM) caused by CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS. Diagnosis is made by demonstration of typical intracellular Donovan bodies in crushed-tissue smears.

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Anogenital ulcers caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis as distinguished from lymphogranuloma inguinale (see LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM) caused by CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS. Diagnosis is made by demonstration of typical intracellular Donovan bodies in crushed-tissue smears.

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  • Donovanosis
  • Granuloma Venereum

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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non-neoplastic; gram-neg bact infect; sexually transmitted

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Granuloma Inguinale. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006100. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006100
  2. Granuloma Inguinale. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granuloma_inguinale
  3. Granuloma Inguinale. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1416773