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Chapter 24, Problem 13SA
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To compare and contrast:

The chancroid lesions with lesions of primary syphilis and genital herpes.

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Chancroid is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). This disease is caused by Gram negative bacterium, Haemophilus ducreyi. This disease is characterized by necrotic ulcers in the genital organs of the male. Highly contagious disease.

Treponema palladium is the causative agent of syphilis. Treponema is spiral shaped bacteria, which enter inside the host cell through the mucous membrane of genitalia or through sexual transmission. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). It is a treatable infection which can resolve within a few months. The genital herpes infection is sexually transmitted disease (STD). This disease is marked genital pain and sores. This virus comes inside the body through mucous membrane during sexual contact.

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