Donovanosis (Granuloma Inguinale, Granuloma Venereum)

Donovanosis (Granuloma Inguinale, Granuloma Venereum) (WHO)

Genital ulcer disease in men in Durban, South Africa.

OBJECTIVE To study the microbial aetiology of genital ulcer disease (GUD) in men. DESIGN Microbiological and clinical assessment of genital ulcers in men. SETTING City Health sexually transmitted diseases clinic, King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa. PARTICIPANTS 100 Zulu men with genital ulcers who had not received antibiotics in the previous four weeks. RESULTS Syphilis was...

Primary endometrial and endocervical granuloma inguinale (donovanosis). Case report.

Primary endometrial and endocervical granuloma inguinale (donovanosis) was diagnosed in an 18-year-old Melanesian woman in Papua New Guinea. Granulomatous involvement of the parametrium, salpinges, ovaries, and ureters was associated with ureteric obstruction and bilateral hydronephrosis. Granuloma inguinale of the cervix, labia majora, and anus developed after diagnostic endometrial curettage....

Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale) of the oral cavity.

A female patient suffering from donovanosis of the oral cavity without associated lesions elsewhere is reported. The importance of remembering donovanosis in the differential diagnosis of chronic granulomatous ulceration of the mouth is emphasized.

Granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis).

The authors present images of two of the most common clinical forms of granuloma inguinale (donovanosis) in males and females. Donovanosis is considered a sexually transmitted disease that is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Two microscopic images are also shown, one of a direct smear (the presence of Donovan bodies within large mononuclear cells identified using Giemsa...