Donovanosis, a chronic cause of genital ulceration, has recently been the subject of renewed interest after a long period of relative obscurity. The causative organism, Calymmatobacterium granulomatis, has been cultured for the first time in many years and a polymerase chain reaction diagnostic using a colorimetric detection system has been developed. Phylogenetic analysis confirms close simila...

This vapidity with which Castellani and Chalmers Tropical Medicine established itself as the standard book on the subject is remarkable and is a tribute to the thoroughness with which the book was written. Only a couple of years ago it appeared and here is a second and fully revised edition bigg^v than ever. Indeed its very bulk will necessitate its publication in another edition in two volumes...