Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2019)

Orolabial Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Michigan, USA

  • Sahrish Ilyas,
  • Deborah Richmond,
  • Gerald Burns,
  • Katherine E. Bowden,
  • Kimberly Workowski,
  • Ellen N. Kersh,
  • Pranatharthi H. Chandrasekar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190819
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 11
pp. 2112 – 2114

Abstract

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Orolabial lymphogranuloma venereum was diagnosed for a man in Michigan, USA, who had sex with men, some infected with HIV. High index of suspicion for lymphogranuloma venereum led to accurate diagnosis, successful therapy, and description of an L2b variant with a unique genetic mutation.

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