Chlamydia trachomatis in cervical lymph node of man with lymphogranuloma venereum, Croatia, 2014

Branimir Gjurašin; Snježana Židovec Lepej; Michelle Cole; Rachel Pitt; Josip Begovac

doi:10.3201/eid2404.171872

Chlamydia trachomatis in cervical lymph node of man with lymphogranuloma venereum, Croatia, 2014

Branimir Gjurašin^*, Snježana Židovec Lepej, Michelle Cole, Rachel Pitt, Josip Begovac

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We report an HIV-infected person who was treated for lymphogranuloma venereum cervical lymphadenopathy and proctitis in Croatia in 2014. Infection with a variant L2b genovar of Chlamydia trachomatis was detected in a cervical lymph node aspirate. A prolonged course of doxycycline was required to cure the infection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	806-808
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	24
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.171872
Publication status	Published - Apr 2018

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This study was partially supported by the Croatian Science Foundation (project no. IP-2014-09-4461) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (service contract no. ECD.6300).

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© 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.

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Chlamydia trachomatis in cervical lymph node of man with lymphogranuloma venereum, Croatia, 2014

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