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Erythema nodosum induced by chancroid
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Erythema nodosum is a type of panniculitis which is often regarded as a complex reaction pattern to various aetiological factors of infective and non-infective origin.1 Infective agents outnumber inflammatory causes and drugs in causation of erythema nodosum in the developing countries. Almost all the infective agents including aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites and mycobacteria can induce eruption of erythema nodosum.2 Among sexually transmitted infections lymphogranuloma venereum has been known to be associated with erythema nodosum not infrequently.3
A 23 year old woman presented with genital …