"middle East Granuloma": Is It Granuloma Venereum?

Granuloma venereum.

Granuloma venereum is endemic in Zambia but there are no previous reports of the disease from this geographical area. Six cases of granuloma venereum in African females were discovered on biopsy specimens. One unusual case with primary cervical involvement simulating carcinoma of the cervix is presented. This case illustrates the difficulties of diagnosis and the ease with which it may be mista...

Donovanosis (Granuloma Inguinale, Granuloma Venereum) (WHO)

Granuloma Venereum

Sir,?In the 3J years in which I have been working in the V. D. Department I have not yet come across a case in which both husband and wife had contracted granuloma venereum. In our clinic each husband is asked to bring his wife and each wife the husband, and as our men and women are treated side by side they generally come together. In the last year 1947 we saw 17 cases of granuloma venereum, 1...

Further evidence of the efficacy of co-trimoxazole in granuloma venereum.

One hundred and sixteen patients with granuloma venereum were treated with cotrimoxazole two tablets twice daily. All the patients responded; most of them required treatment for 10-15 days. Only two patients had recurrences, which were probably due to reinfections. No side effects of the drug occurred. Co-trimoxazole is considered to be the treatment of choice for granuloma venereum because of ...

Aureomycin in the treatment of granuloma inguinale and lymphogranuloma venereum.

Physicians have long searched for an effective therapeutic agent against the unusually resistant diseases, granuloma inguinale and lymphogranuloma yenereum. Chancroid responds readily to antiseptic measures and the sulfonamide compounds. Syphilis is controlled by penicillin or arsenicals and bismuth compounds. Gonorrhea responds to the sulfonamides, penicillin or streptomycin. The discovery tha...