Unusual transmission route of Lymphogranuloma venereum; following sexual contact with a female donkey

Farzin Khorvash; Ammar H Keshteli; Hassan Salehi; Levente Szeredi; Servaas A Morré

doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008073

Unusual transmission route of Lymphogranuloma venereum; following sexual contact with a female donkey

Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Aug;19(8):563-4. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008073.

Authors

Farzin Khorvash¹, Ammar H Keshteli, Hassan Salehi, Levente Szeredi, Servaas A Morré

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. [email protected]

PMID: 18663048
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008073

Abstract

Here, we present a 20-year-old man who presented with painful inguinal and femoral masses. He gave a history of sexual contact with a mare 14 days before his recent illness. He was diagnosed with lymphogranuloma venereum based on the histopathological findings and a high titre of IgG (1:1400).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
Chlamydia trachomatis* / immunology
Chlamydia trachomatis* / isolation & purification
Equidae*
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Lymphogranuloma Venereum / diagnosis
Lymphogranuloma Venereum / microbiology
Lymphogranuloma Venereum / pathology
Lymphogranuloma Venereum / transmission*
Male
Sexual Behavior*
Sexual Partners*

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
Immunoglobulin G