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The first case record of a female patient with bubonic lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), serovariant L2b.
Sexually transmitted infections - 1 Aug 2012
Verweij Stephan P, Ouburg Sander, de Vries Harry, Morré Servaas A, van Ginkel Cees J W, Bos Hanna, Sebens Fré W
Abstract excerpt
Since 2003, a lymphogranuloma venereum epidemic has been reported in The Netherlands and other European countries. This epidemic is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis serovariant L2b and has only been seen in men having sex with men. The authors investigated a woman presenting with a bubo in her right groin. The authors showed by real-time PCR that the woman was infected with C trachomatis, serovariant L2b. This is...
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