Abstract
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) has been renamed several times in the past and was known as tropical bubo, climatic bubo, poradenitis inguinalis, Durand-Nicolas-Favre disease, lymphopathia venereum and the fourth, fifth or sixth diseases. The causative agent of LGV is Chlamydia trachomatis genovar L. Worldwide, LGV is thought to account for 2-10 % of genito-ulcerative diseases in tropical climate areas such as India and Africa. In Europe, North America and Australia, LGV is endemic mainly among HIV coinfected men who have sex with men. The first choice of treatment is an uninterrupted 21-day course of doxycycline 100 mg b.i.d.
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De Vries, H. J. C. (2015). Lymphogranuloma venereum. In European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments, Third Edition (pp. 567–575). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45139-7_57
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