Donovanosis

Alternate Names : Donovanosis
Definition
Granuloma inguinale is a sexually transmitted disease that is rarely seen in the United States.

Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)
In the United States granuloma inguinale is a rarely encountered sexually-transmitted disease that results in surface destruction and granuloma formation in the skin and subcutaneous tissue.

Donovanosis
Causes
Granuloma inguinale is caused by the bacteria Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.

Donovanosis
Treatment:
Antibiotics are used to treat granuloma inguinale. A complete cure requires fairly long treatment. Most treatment courses run 3 weeks or until the lesions have completely healed.

1999 (granuloma inguinale or donovanosis)
Klebsiella oxytoca (Bacillus oxytocus perniciosus Flügge 1886) Lautrop 1956
Klebsiella pneumoniae (Hyalococcus pneumoniae Schroeter 1886) Trevisan 1887 (rhinoscleroma, Klebsiella pneumonia) ...

Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi) Â- Chlamydia/Lymphogranuloma venereum (Chlamydia trachomatis) Â- Donovanosis or Granuloma Inguinale (Klebsiella granulomatis) Â- Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) Â- Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) Â- Ureaplasma ...

There are some other STIs that are uncommon in the UK. For example, donovanosis and chancroid.
Other conditions that are sometimes thought of as sexually transmitted infections
Scabies ...

Chancroid.
HIV.
Syphilis.
Other causes of genital ulcers: donovanosis, lymphogranuloma venereum.

See also: Granuloma, Granuloma inguinale, Cancer, Symptom, Sexually Transmitted Disease