Donovanosis in a child victim of sexual abuse: response to doxycycline treatment

• Main Authors: Bárbara Machado Magalhães (Author), John Verrinder Veasey (Author), Silvia Assumpção Soutto Mayor (Author), Rute Facchini Lellis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Donovanosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative bacteria Klebsiella granulomatis, which mainly affects the skin and mucous membranes of the genital, perigenital, and inguinal regions. Also known as venereal granuloma or granuloma inguinale, it is endemic in tropical...