ABSTRACT
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), or lymphogranuloma inguinale, is a sexually transmitted, systemic disease caused by serotypes LI, L2, and L3 of Chlamydia trachomatis. It occurs in three well-recognized stages. Males suffer from urethritis. Woman are asymptomatic reservoir, and babies born of infected mothers can have the disease. LGV, often mistaken for syphilis, was first described in 1913 by Durand, Nicolas and Favre (Bull Med Soc Med Hosp 1913; 35:274).
