| incision and drainage versus aspiration of fluctuant buboes in the emergency department during an epidemic of chancroid. | to compare outcomes of incision and drainage with packing to needle aspiration of purulent buboes in patients with presumed chancroid. the safety and efficacy of incision and drainage were compared with that of needle aspiration. | 1995 | 7482103 |
| chancroid epidemiology in new orleans men. | epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiologic data were collected from 299 men with nonsyphilitic genital ulcer disease. one hundred eighteen (39%) were culture-positive for haemophilus ducreyi, 57 (19%) were culture-positive for herpes simplex virus, and 124 (41%) were culture-negative. patients with chancroid were significantly more likely than those with genital herpes to have been frequent users of alcohol (44% vs. 23%, p = .006). they were also more likely recently to have used cocaine (25% vs ... | 1995 | 7622888 |
| comparison of the in vitro activities of various parenteral and oral antimicrobial agents against endemic haemophilus ducreyi. | the in vitro susceptibilities to various antimicrobial agents of 100 strains of beta-lactamase-producing haemophilus ducreyi recently isolated from patients in new orleans, la., were determined by an agar dilution method. all strains were highly susceptible to ceftizoxime, ceftriaxone, ceftazidime, azithromycin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, and sparfloxacin. beta-lactam-beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations were less active, but all strains were susceptible to them. doxycycline exhibited the poo ... | 1993 | 8239617 |
| molecular characterization of haemophilus ducreyi strains from jackson, mississippi, and new orleans, louisiana. | chancroid, a sexually transmitted disease caused by haemophilus ducreyi, is one of the most common genital ulcer diseases in developing countries. in the united states, while less common, the disease has been associated with outbreaks in inner cities, particularly among persons who engage in sex for drugs or money. two outbreaks of chancroid were recently studied in the united states, one in new orleans (from 1990 to 1992) and one in jackson, mississippi (from 1994 to 1995). by use of ribotyping ... | 1999 | 10228064 |