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Overview

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]^[3]

If the disease disseminates as a result of chronic ulcers, systemic symptoms may develop inlcuding:^[2]

↑ Richens J (1991). "The diagnosis and treatment of donovanosis (granuloma inguinale)". Genitourin Med. 67 (6): 441–52. PMC 1194766. PMID 1774048.CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
↑ ^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.
↑ Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale). MedlinePlus (September 01, 2013). https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000636.htm Accessed March 02, 2016.