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Granuloma Inguinale

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Granuloma inguinale, a mildly contagious, autoinoculable granulomatous condition, was described in 1882 by McLeod [1] as serpiginous ulceration. Its causative organism was recovered from oral lesions by Donovan [2] in 1905, as intracellular protozoans. The organism was subsequently demonstrated in large numbers in large mononuclear cells; however, Aragao and Vianna are credited with naming it Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. Goldzieher and Peck [3] identified Donovan bodies in histologic sections and narrated the classic clinical description.

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  1. Jefferson Center for International Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, USA

    Lawrence Charles Parish M.D. (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology)

  2. Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Lawrence Charles Parish M.D. (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology)

  3. University of Vienna, 1130, Vienna, Austria

    Friedrich Gschnait M.D. (Associate Professor of Dermatology and Venereology and Chief) (Associate Professor of Dermatology and Venereology and Chief)

  4. Department of Dermatology, City Hospital Vienna-Lainz, 1130, Vienna, Austria

    Friedrich Gschnait M.D. (Associate Professor of Dermatology and Venereology and Chief) (Associate Professor of Dermatology and Venereology and Chief)

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Sehgal, V.N. (1989). Granuloma Inguinale. In: Parish, L.C., Gschnait, F. (eds) Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3528-6_8

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