Chronic cutaneous ulcers secondary to Haemophilus ducreyi infection.

Med J Aust · 2010

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Haemophilus ducreyi is a well recognised causative agent of genital ulcers and chancroid. We report two unusual cases of non-sexually transmitted H. ducreyi infection leading to chronic lower limb ulcers. Both patients were Australian expatriates visiting Australia from the Pacific Islands--one from Papua New Guinea and the other from Vanuatu.