Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Du·crey's bacillus Pronunciation:
dü-'krAz- Function:
noun : a gram-negative bacillus of the genus
Haemophilus (
H.ducreyi) that is the causative agent of chancroid
Duácrey /dü-'krA/,
Augusto (1860–1940), Italian dermatologist. Ducrey published in 1889 anannouncement of his discovery of the organism which causes chancroid and now bears his name.