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Chancroid historical perspective
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Chancoid has been known to humans since the time of the ancient Greeks. Chancroid was first differentiated from syphilis by Leon Bassereau in 1852. Augusto Ducrey identified Haemophilus ducreyi as the causative organism for chancroid in the 1890s.
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
- Chancroid has been known to humans since the time of ancient Greeks.
- 1852 – Leon Bassereau distinguished chancroid from syphilis (i.e. soft chancre from hard chancre).
- 1890s – Augusto Ducrey identified the causative agent of chancroid to be the be the bacterium Haemophilus ducreyi.
- 1900 – Benzacon and colleagues isolated H. ducreyi.
- 1970s – Hammond and colleagues developed selective media for H. ducreyi.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Chancroid. Wikipedia (July 16, 2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancroid Accessed on January 6, 2016.
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