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A 45 year old lorry driver from Bihar presented with multiple necrotic ulcer which are painful on the penis. Tender inguinal lyphadenopathy was also present. What is the diagnosis ?

A
H. ducreyi
B
Herpes simplex
C
Syphilis
D
Chlamydia infection
High-Yield Explanation
Chancroid is a sexually transmitted infectious disease characterized by painful genital ulcers, bubo formation, and painful inguinal lymphadenopathy. The causative organism is Haemophilus ducreyi. It is a gram-negative, fastidious, facultative, anaerobic coccobacillus. It is usually located in the extracellular spaces and is strictly a human pathogen.

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