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==Granuloma inguinale== | ==Granuloma inguinale== | ||
:'''Not''' to be confused with ''[[granuloma annulare]]''. | :'''Not''' to be confused with ''[[granuloma annulare]]''. | ||
*Previously known as ''donovanosis''. | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Infection caused by ''Klebsiella granulomatis'' - [[Gram stain|Gram]]-negative, rod-shaped bacteria. | *Infection caused by ''Klebsiella granulomatis'' - [[Gram stain|Gram]]-negative, rod-shaped bacteria. | ||
**Used to be known as ''Calymmatobacterium granulomatis''.<ref name=pmid12473810>{{cite journal |author=O'Farrell N |title=Donovanosis |journal=Sex Transm Infect |volume=78 |issue=6 |pages=452–7 |year=2002 |month=December |pmid=12473810 |pmc=1758360 |doi= |url=http://sti.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12473810}}</ref> | **Used to be known as ''Calymmatobacterium granulomatis''.<ref name=pmid12473810>{{cite journal |author=O'Farrell N |title=Donovanosis |journal=Sex Transm Infect |volume=78 |issue=6 |pages=452–7 |year=2002 |month=December |pmid=12473810 |pmc=1758360 |doi= |url=http://sti.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12473810}}</ref> | ||
Location: | |||
*[[Penis]]. | |||
*[[Vulva]]. | |||
Clinical: | |||
*Painless ulcer in the inguinal region. | |||
*No lymphadenopathy (unlike [[syphilis]]). | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Donovan bodies - '''key feature'''. | *Donovan bodies - '''key feature''': | ||
**Rod-shaped bodies within histiocytes. | |||
DDx: | DDx: | ||