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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Chancoid has been known to humans since the time of the ancient Greeks. Chancroid was first differentiated from syphilis by Leon Bassereau in 1852. Augusto Ducrey identified ''Haemophilus ducreyi'' as the causative organism for chancroid in the 1890s. | Chancoid has been known to humans since the time of the ancient Greeks. Chancroid was first differentiated from [[syphilis]] by Leon Bassereau in 1852. Augusto Ducrey identified ''Haemophilus ducreyi'' as the causative organism for chancroid in the 1890s. | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
*Chancroid has been known to humans since the time of ancient Greeks. | *Chancroid has been known to humans since the time of ancient Greeks. | ||
*1852 - Leon Bassereau distinguished chancroid from syphilis (i.e. soft chancre from hard chancre). | *1852 - Leon Bassereau distinguished chancroid from [[syphilis]] (i.e. soft [[chancre]] from hard chancre). | ||
*1890s - Augusto Ducrey identified the causative agent of chancroid to be the be the bacterium ''Haemophilus ducreyi''. | *1890s - Augusto Ducrey identified the causative agent of chancroid to be the be the [[Bacteria|bacterium]] ''Haemophilus ducreyi''. | ||
*1900 - Benzacon and colleagues isolated ''H. ducreyi''. | *1900 - Benzacon and colleagues isolated ''H. ducreyi''. | ||
*1970s - Hammond and colleagues developed selective media for ''H. ducreyi''.<ref>Chancroid. Wikipedia (July 16, 2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancroid Accessed on January 6, 2016.</ref> | *1970s - Hammond and colleagues developed selective [[Growth medium|media]] for ''H. ducreyi''.<ref>Chancroid. Wikipedia (July 16, 2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancroid Accessed on January 6, 2016.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Chancoid has been known to humans since the time of the ancient Greeks. Chancroid was first differentiated from syphilis by Leon Bassereau in 1852. Augusto Ducrey identified Haemophilus ducreyi as the causative organism for chancroid in the 1890s.
Historical Perspective
- Chancroid has been known to humans since the time of ancient Greeks.
- 1852 - Leon Bassereau distinguished chancroid from syphilis (i.e. soft chancre from hard chancre).
- 1890s - Augusto Ducrey identified the causative agent of chancroid to be the be the bacterium Haemophilus ducreyi.
- 1900 - Benzacon and colleagues isolated H. ducreyi.
- 1970s - Hammond and colleagues developed selective media for H. ducreyi.[1]
References
- ↑ Chancroid. Wikipedia (July 16, 2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancroid Accessed on January 6, 2016.