Chancroid

Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections - Chancroid

- Extremely rare in Canada - no reported cases in Alberta in the last 20 years

- Only test for chancroid if syphilis and HSV negative and epidemiologic exposure (i.e. appropriate travel history or contact with a traveler).

- Also consider LGV and donovanosis (granuloma inguinale).

- Test for HIV.

Haemophilus ducreyi