Chancroid is a sexually transmitted infection that causes painful open sores, or chancroids, to develop in the genital area. It can also often cause the lymph nodes in the groin to swell and become ...

Chancroid is considered one of the classical ulcerative genital diseases that is caused by Gram-negative bacterial pathogen Haemophilus ducreyi. This disease is commonly observed (and sporadically ...

Background and Objectives: Cotrimoxazole has traditionally been used as first drug for treatment of chancroid in India. With reports of increasing resistance to the drug, this study was conducted to ...

Chancroid is a sexually-transmitted disease that is caused by the bacterial pathogen Haemophilus ducreyi. The condition is characterized by the presence of non-indurated, ulcerated lesions on the ...

Frank A. Plummer, Herbert Nsanze, Lourdes J. D'Costa, A. B. Ndugga Maggwa, Yves Girouard, Peter Karasira, W. L. Albritton and Allan R. Ronald Tetracyclines and sulfonamides are no longer effective for ...

CHAPEL HILL – HIV plagues more than 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Health Organization, and efforts to develop a vaccine against the virus have achieved limited ...

Have you ever noticed something unusual down there and instantly panicked, but felt too awkward to talk about it? When it comes to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), we often avoid the topic, ...

THE Chancroid is a sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease which causes painful sores on the genitalia. This infection is spread from one individual to another solely through sexual contact. While ...

Researchers have reported success with a vaccine believed to protect against chancroid, a sexually transmitted disease. If approved for use, it could put an end to this devastating disease that has ...

Sores on the penis may result from a sexually transmitted infection (STI), such as herpes, or a skin condition like psoriasis. Diabetic ulcers and cancerous tumors can also affect the penis. While ...