Chancroid: a review for the family practitioner
Jordan, W.C.
Journal of the National Medical Association 83(8): 724-726
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-9684 PMID: 1956085 Document Number: 385765
Chancroid, as the name implies, is like a chancre. Unlike the painless chancre of syphilis, it is painful, darkfield negative, and does not respond to penicillin therapy. The number of cases have continued to rise in recent years. Because it can cause irreversible anatomical destruction, making the correct diagnosis is important and can prevent chronic morbidity.