DISEASE: Donovanosis

Entry

H01415                      Disease

Name

Donovanosis;
Granuloma inguinale

Description

Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale) is an acquired chronic, slowly progressive, mildly contagious disease caused by Klebsiella granulomatis that was called Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. This sexually transmitted disease is characterized by granulomatous ulceration of the genitalia and neighboring sites, with little or no tendency to spontaneous healing.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
  Infections caused by enterobacteria
   H01415  Donovanosis
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Predominantly sexually transmitted infections
   1A91  Granuloma inguinale
    H01415  Donovanosis

Pathogen

Klebsiella granulomatis

Drug

Tetracycline hydrochloride [DR:D02122]
Doxycycline [DR:D00307]
Doxycycline hyclate [DR:D02129]
Doxycycline calcium [DR:D03903]
Minocycline hydrochloride [DR:D00850]
Streptomycin sulfate [DR:D01350]
Demeclocycline hydrochloride [DR:D00290]

Other DBs

ICD-11:

1A91

ICD-10:

A58

MeSH:

D006100

MedlinePlus:

000636

Reference

PMID:12473810

Authors

O'Farrell N

Title

Donovanosis.

Journal

Sex Transm Infect 78:452-7 (2002)
DOI:10.1136/sti.78.6.392-a

Reference

PMID:24958990

Authors

Pilani A, Vora R, Anjaneyan G

Title

Granuloma inguinale mimicking as squamous cell carcinoma of penis.

Journal

Indian J Sex Transm Dis 35:56-8 (2014)
DOI:10.4103/0253-7184.132433

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