Chlamydia trachomatis in Cervical Lymph Node of Man with Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Croatia, 20141

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Gjurašin, Branimir ; Lepej, Snježana Židovec ; Cole, Michelle J. ; Pitt, Rachel ; Begovac, Josip
• Description:
  We report an HIV-infected person who was treated for lymphogranuloma venereum cervical lymphadenopathy and proctitis in Croatia in 2014. Infection with a variant L2b genovar of Chlamydia trachomatis was detected in a cervical lymph node aspirate. A prolonged course of doxycycline was required to cure the infection.
• Subjects:
  Chlamydia Trachomatis Coinfection History, 21St Century Hiv Infections Humans Lymph Nodes Lymphogranuloma Venereum/Epidemiology Lymphogranuloma Venereum/History Lymphogranuloma Venereum/Microbiology Male
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(4):806-808.
• Pubmed ID:
  29553338
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5875274
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article ; Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Croatia
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a5c58285b6e682c67d059c943d3bc41fc52e1f16d6db9068439e90c446f386a1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53078/cdc_53078_DS1.pdf
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