JSTOR Daily: Humoral Immune Response of Humans to Lipooligosaccharide and Outer Membrane Proteins of Haemophilus ducreyi The humoral immune response to purified lipooligosaccharide (LOS) and outer membrane proteins (OMP) of Haemophilus ducreyi was evaluated. Sera from chancroid-endemic (Uganda, Kenya) and-nonendemic ... Humoral Immune Response of Humans to Lipooligosaccharide and Outer Membrane Proteins of Haemophilus ducreyi Chancroid is a rather contagious sexually-transmitted disease caused by a bacterial pathogen Haemophilus ducreyi.

Context Explanation

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a probable ... Research has repeatedly shown that individuals seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have increased numbers of ulcers caused by Haemophilus ducreyi. Such epidemiological synergy between ... Haemophilus ducreyi is the cause of both sexually transmitted chancroid and nonsexually transmitted cutaneous ulcers.

Insight Material

Both are more common in resource-limited countries. Chancroid classically presents with the onset of painful genital ulcers. Often associated with inguinal lymphadenitis. It is an important cofactor in HIV transmission. Cutaneous ulcers typically present on the limbs and are ...

Final Conclusion

O cancroide é, tradicionalmente, considerado uma infecção sexualmente transmissível causada pelo Haemophilus ducreyi, um cocobacilo Gram-negativo fastidioso. É mais comum em países com recursos limitados e raro na América do Norte e na Europa. Classicamente, o cancroide genital apresenta-se com o... Culture or polymerase chain reaction of ulcer swabs or bubo aspirates: positive for Haemophilus ducreyi. Gram stain may be useful and shows gram-negative coccobacilli or slender bacilli in railroad or chaining pattern.