Name
GENITAL ULCERS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : - HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTION - SYPHILIS - CHANCROID OR HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI INFECTION - LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM - LYMPHOGRANULOMA INGUINALE - CANDIDIASIS - GENITAL WARTS, TRAUMATISED - GENITAL LESION OF GENERALISED DERMATOSES - CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES LIKE STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROMEOTHER TESTS : * DARK FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE PUS * DIRECT FA OR PCR FOR T. PALLIDUM * RPR TEST, IF NEGATIVE REPEAT AFTER 1 WEEK * ELISA OR PCR FOR HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS * PCR OR CULTURE FOR H. DUCREYI IN ENDEMIC AREAS
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
PAP"S SMEAR, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, PCR, PUS CULTURE TEST, ELISA TEST