Chancroid Therapy: A Review of Cases Confirmed by Culture

review, but most reports are of questionable value because the diagnosis was not confirmed by isolation of the etiologic agent, Haemophilus ducreyi, from the genital ulcer and/or its associated inguinal bubo. Diagnosing chancroid by history and physical examination alone is extremely difficult; even a trained venereologist may be erroneous 40% of the time [1]. Chancroid may be too frequently diagnosed in cases of secondarily infected