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. 2014 Oct;20(10):1705-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid2010.140573.

Haemophilus ducreyi associated with skin ulcers among children, Solomon Islands

Michael Marks, Kai-Hua Chi, Ventis Vahi, Allan Pillay, Oliver Sokana, Alex Pavluck, David C Mabey, Cheng Y Chen, Anthony W Solomon

Haemophilus ducreyi associated with skin ulcers among children, Solomon Islands

Michael Marks et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

During a survey of yaws prevalence in the Solomon Islands, we collected samples from skin ulcers of 41 children. Using PCR, we identified Haemophilus ducreyi infection in 13 (32%) children. PCR-positive and PCR-negative ulcers were phenotypically indistinguishable. Emergence of H. ducreyi as a cause of nongenital ulcers may affect the World Health Organization's yaws eradication program.

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Example of lesion from which sample was obtained and Haemophilus ducreyi DNA was amplified, Solomon Islands, 2013. Photograph ©2014 Michael Marks.
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