Haemophilus ducreyi (Chancroid)

Noreen A. Hynes, M.D., M.P.H., D.T.M.&H.

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MICROBIOLOGY

Fastidious, facultative anaerobic Gram negative coccobacillus.
- Requires hemin (X factor) for growth but no requirement for NAD (V factor)
- Three types of nutritionally enriched media needed for growth.
Organism co-localizes with neutrophils and fibrin at the ulcerative stage of disease.
Specific molecular techniques used to identify likely geographic origin of strains.

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Last updated: August 25, 2013

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Hynes, Noreen A. "Haemophilus Ducreyi (Chancroid)." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2013. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540114/all/Haemophilus_ducreyi__Chancroid_.

Hynes NA. Haemophilus ducreyi (Chancroid). Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2013. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540114/all/Haemophilus_ducreyi__Chancroid_. Accessed February 23, 2019.

Hynes, N. A. (2013). Haemophilus ducreyi (Chancroid). In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540114/all/Haemophilus_ducreyi__Chancroid_

Hynes NA. Haemophilus Ducreyi (Chancroid) [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2013. [cited 2019 February 23]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540114/all/Haemophilus_ducreyi__Chancroid_

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