chancroid/fever

The incidence of sexually transmitted infections is rising in Europe and in Switzerland since the beginning of the third millenium. Many organisms may affect the perianal skin and the anorectum. While some of these infections are a result of contigous spread from genital infection, most result from

The new fluoroquinolones have many attributes and relatively few drawbacks. As a result, they have been rapidly adopted for the treatment of serious bacterial infections. The currently available fluoroquinolones are particularly effective for the treatment of urinary tract infections, bacterial

The fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent fleroxacin has a broad spectrum of in vitro activity which encompasses most Gram-negative species (particularly Enterobacteriaceae) and a number of Gram-positive organisms, including methicillin-sensitive staphylococci. It is available as oral and intravenous

Four subjects were experimentally infected with Haemophilus ducreyi. Lesions developed only at sites where live bacteria were inoculated on abraded skin. No subject developed fever, lymphadenopathy, or disseminated infection during a 3-day observation period. Two subjects who were rechallenged 2