Haemophilus ducreyi cutaneous ulcer contracted at Seram Island, Indonesia, presented in the Netherlands.

We describe the first case of a cutaneous ulcer caused by Haemophilus ducreyi imported from Indonesia to the Netherlands. Skin infections caused by H. ducreyi are uncommon in travellers and have been described in just a few case reports and were all contracted on the Pacific Islands.A 22-year-old healthy male visited the Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine in February 2017 with a cutaneous ulcer of the right lateral malleolus 4 weeks after returning from Indonesia (Seram and Ambon Islands). He had noticed a small skin abrasion on the right ankle after slipping on a rock during a ju... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Jarne M van Hattem
Tessa J C Langeveld
Sylvia M Bruisten
Marion Kolader
Martin P Grobusch
Henry J C de Vries
Godelieve J de Bree
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Reihe/Periodikum: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 4, p e0006273 (2018)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Schlagwörter: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine / RC955-962 / Public aspects of medicine / RA1-1270
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27191586
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006273