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Colonic infection due to Haemophilus ducreyi

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Link to WHO Definition

Colonic infection due to Haemophilus ducreyi – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1522434838

This is an infection in the colon due to a fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus, Haemophilus ducreyi, causing the sexually transmitted disease chancroid, a major cause of genital ulceration in developing countries characterised by painful sores on the genitalia.