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Donovanosis

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Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

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Abstract

Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum) is a chronic specific infection involving principally the skin and subcutaneous tissues of humans and manifested clinically by ulcerating granulomatous lesions. There is only one species of the causative organism, Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. which is currently classified as an unassigned genus associated with the family Enterobactericeae (Krieg, 1984).

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  1. D. S. Kellogg
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, 30333, Atlanta, GA, USA

    A. Balows

  2. Hygienic Laboratory, Oakdale Hall, University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, IA, USA

    W. J. Hausler Jr.

  3. Tokyo Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health, Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 160, Tokyo, Japan

    M. Ohashi

  4. Istituto di Microbilogia dell ’Universitá, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

    A. Turano

  5. Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, and California Public Foundation, 94704, Berkeley, CA, USA

    E. H. Lennete (Emeritus Director) (Emeritus Director)

  6. Institut Virion, CH-8803, Ruschlikon/Zurich, Switzerland

    E. H. Lennete (Emeritus Director) (Emeritus Director)

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Kellogg, D.S. (1988). Donovanosis. In: Balows, A., Hausler, W.J., Ohashi, M., Turano, A., Lennete, E.H. (eds) Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3898-0_23

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