Donovanosis STD Brief
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Donovanosis Symptoms, Test & Treatment
| Donovanosis | |
| Common? | Rare – about 100 cases reported per year in the US |
| Symptoms | Beefy, red ulcers that bleed easily to the touch – can be easily mistaken for Chancroid or LGV |
| Cure? | Antiobiotics |
| Bacterial/Viral/Fungal/Parasitic | Bacterial |
| Test | A culture of the tissue, but the bacteria is often hard to locate, or a biopsy of the lesion and a smear, but again, it is often hard to locate the bacteria. Nucleic Acid Amplification (NAAT) tests, only available in research laboratories, have the highest reliability. |
| Life-Long? | No |
| Life-Threatening? | No |
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