TY - JOUR AU - Marks, Michael AU - Chi, Kai-Hua AU - Vahi, Ventis AU - Pillay, Allan AU - Sokana, Oliver AU - Pavluck, Alex AU - Mabey, David AU - Chen, Cheng AU - Solomon, Anthony T1 - Haemophilus ducreyi Associated with Skin Ulcers among Children, Solomon Islands T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 10 SP - 1705 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During a survey of yaws prevalence in the Solomon Islands, we collected samples from skin ulcers of 41 children. Using PCR, we identified Haemophilus ducreyi infection in 13 (32%) children. PCR-positive and PCR-negative ulcers were phenotypically indistinguishable. Emergence of H. ducreyi as a cause of nongenital ulcers may affect the World Health Organization’s yaws eradication program. KW - Haemophilus ducreyi KW - chancroid KW - yaws KW - ulcers KW - pediatric KW - children KW - Solomon Islands KW - chancre KW - ulcer KW - Buruli ulcer KW - skin KW - lesion KW - cutaneous KW - nongenital KW - bacterial KW - ulcerative DO - 10.3201/eid2010.140573 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/10/14-0573_article ER - End of Reference