From the *Ginecology and †Microbiology Units, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; ‡STI Unit, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; and §Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Oct;40(10):792-3. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000014.
Lymphogranuloma venereum is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1-L3. The third stage of the disease leads to chronic progressive lymphangitis. The first European case of elephantiasic enlargement of the female genitalia caused by C. trachomatis L2 serovar in decades is reported.
性病淋巴肉芽肿由沙眼衣原体血清型 L1-L3 引起。该病的第三阶段会导致慢性进行性淋巴管炎。几十年来首例由沙眼衣原体 L2 血清型引起的女性生殖器象皮肿的欧洲病例报告。