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==Overview== | |||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
Patients who present to a physician will typically report sexual contact from 3 to 40 days prior to symptom onset.<ref name="Richens">{{cite journal| author=Richens J| title=The diagnosis and treatment of donovanosis (granuloma inguinale). | journal=Genitourin Med | year= 1991 | volume= 67 | issue= 6 | pages= 441-52 | pmid=1774048 | doi= | pmc=PMC1194766 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1774048 }} </ref> | |||
Local symptoms include:<ref name="VelhoSouza2008">{{cite journal|last1=Velho|first1=Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira|last2=Souza|first2=Elemir Macedo de|last3=Belda Junior|first3=Walter|title=Donovanosis|journal=Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases|volume=12|issue=6|year=2008|issn=1413-8670|doi=10.1590/S1413-86702008000600015}}</ref> | |||
* | *Painless [[papule]](s) | ||
* | *Painless [[Ulcer]](s) of [[granulomatous]] tissue | ||
* | *Ulcer bleeding | ||
* [[ | *[[Periadenitis]] | ||
* | *"Psuedobuboes": firm nodules or [[abscesses]] | ||
* | *Absent [[lymphadenopathy]] | ||
* | |||
If the disease disseminates as a result of chronic ulcers, systemic symptoms may develop inlcuding:<ref name="VelhoSouza2008"></ref> | |||
*[[Fever]] | |||
*[[Malaise]] | |||
*[[Anemia]] | |||
*[[Toxemia]] | |||
*Night sweats | |||
*Weight loss | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Sexually transmitted infections]] | [[Category:Sexually transmitted infections]] | ||
[[Category:Bacterial diseases]] | [[Category:Bacterial diseases]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[2]; Nate Michalak, B.A.
Overview
History and Symptoms
Patients who present to a physician will typically report sexual contact from 3 to 40 days prior to symptom onset.[1]
Local symptoms include:[2]
- Painless papule(s)
- Painless Ulcer(s) of granulomatous tissue
- Ulcer bleeding
- Periadenitis
- "Psuedobuboes": firm nodules or abscesses
- Absent lymphadenopathy
If the disease disseminates as a result of chronic ulcers, systemic symptoms may develop inlcuding:[2]
References
- ↑ Richens J (1991). "The diagnosis and treatment of donovanosis (granuloma inguinale)". Genitourin Med. 67 (6): 441–52. PMC 1194766. PMID 1774048.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira; Souza, Elemir Macedo de; Belda Junior, Walter (2008). "Donovanosis". Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 12 (6). doi:10.1590/S1413-86702008000600015. ISSN 1413-8670.