Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)»Chancroid (A57)
A57
Chancroid
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Chancroid1 drug (1 approved)
Acute, localized autoinoculable infectious disease usually acquired through sexual contact. Caused by HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI, it occurs endemically almost worldwide, especially in tropical and subtropical countries and more commonly in seaports and urban areas than in rural areas.