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Bernadett I Gosnell1, Cecilia T Costiniuk1, Elias Mathaba1
1Department of Infectious Diseases, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; King Edward VIII Hospital, Infectious Diseases Specialists' Clinic, Congella, Durban, South Africa; Department of Medicine, Divisions of Infectious Diseases/Chronic Viral Illness Service, and Lachine Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Cytology Laboratory, Academic Complex, KwaZulu-Natal, National Health Laboratory Service, Durban, South Africa.
Abstract:
The case of a 29-year-old, HIV-infected man presenting with Trichomonas vaginalis (TV)-associated chronic penile ulcers and multiple urethral fistulas is described. To our knowledge, this is the first description of chronic TV infection being implicated as the probable cause of a destructive lesion leading to sinus drainage and fistula formation.
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