RECENT ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF GRANULOMA INGUINALE
Authors: H. M. ROBINSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Editorial1 December 1947RECENT ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF GRANULOMA INGUINALEH. M. ROBINSON JR.H. M. ROBINSON JR.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-6-1046 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptGranuloma inguinale is a disease of probable venereal origin which holds little interest for the average practitioner, primarily because of the scarcity of such patients in private practice. However, those physicians who work in venereal disease clinics, particularly those below the Mason-Dixon line, find that the diagnosis and therapeutic management of this condition constitute a major problem.Since the first adequate clinical description of granuloma inguinale by Conyers and Daniels1in 1896, many methods of diagnosis and many therapeutic procedures have been given trials with varying degrees of success. 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