Article: Up the radar for LGV: New cases reported.(lymphogranuloma venereum)

Up the radar for LGV: New cases reported

Put your diagnostic skills into high gear to spot lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a type of Chlamydia trachomatis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified a number of cases from specimens submitted from health departments in New York City, San Francisco, and Atlanta.

Up to now, LGV infections rarely occurred in the United States and other industrialized nations; however, U.S. public health officials called for providers to monitor for the STD following a late 2004 outbreak of the infection, primarily in men who have sex with men, in the ...

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