Clinical experience in managing patients with lymphogranuloma venereum

Abstract

The article presents two clinical cases of lymphogranuloma venereum with classic manifestations of the disease. In the first case, the stages of lymphogranuloma venereum can be traced: the appearance of a primary affect (ulcer on the penis), the development after a few weeks of regional (inguinal) lymphadenitis and proctitis (anorectal syndrome). On the background of prescribed antibiotic therapy according to the regimen: doxycycline at a dose of 100 mg twice a day for 21 days, the clinical manifestations completely resolved. The second case is interesting in the development of the clinical picture of lymphogranuloma venereum from the second stage of the disease (inguinal syndrome) and the ineffectiveness of treatment with doxycycline, which subsequently required surgical intervention. In addition, in this case, Chlamydia trachomatis DNA was initially detected in a urethral scraping without evidence of urethral inflammation, which is rare for this disease. To treat a patient with “inguinal syndrome” as a clinical manifestation of lymphogranuloma venereum, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, levofloxacin, was successfully used according to the regimen 500 mg twice a day for 28 days.