SOCIAL QUESTIONS|health|illness|infectious disease
- limfeagranalóma véinéireach Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- Chlamydial lymphogranuloma | lymphogranuloma venereum | LGV | venereal lymphogranuloma | Nicolas-Favre disease | Nicolas-Durand-Favre disease | lymphopathia venerea | climatic bubo | tropical bubo
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- Definition "systemic sexually transmitted disease caused by a specific type of Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium" Reference "COM-Terminology Coordination, based on: ECDC. 'Lymphogranuloma venereum' (24.9.2024)"
- Comment This disease is characterised by a genital ulcer, buboes, abscesses in the groin, blood in faeces, tenesmus, or proctocolitis. Transmission is by sexual contact. Confirmation is by identification of Chlamydia trachomatis in a blood sample or by polymerase chain reaction tests.