TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 258. Chancroid (Hemophilus Ducreyi) A1 - Staat, Mary Allen A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. PY - 2011 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Chancroid is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the organism Haemophilus ducreyi.1,2 It is characterized by painful genital ulcers and tender inguinal adenopathy that may suppurate. Also known as “soft chancre,” chancroid is one of the three major causes of genital ulcer disease among young sexually active patients in the United States; the other major causes are genital herpes and syphilis. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7025494 ER -