Final answer:
Yes. Sexual partners of a chancroid patient should indeed be treated to prevent re-infection and the spread of the STI, which is caused by Haemophilus ducreyi and treated with antibiotics like azithromycin.
Step-by-step explanation:
A patient with chancroid should treat their sexual partners. The bacteria Haemophilus ducreyi is the source of the sexually transmitted illness (STI) chancroid, which causes excruciating genital sores and can spread other infections, including HIV. Antibiotics like azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, or ceftriaxone are frequently used to treat chancroid while taking current antibiotic resistance into account. In order to stop the disease from spreading further and from re-infecting, treating a patient's sexual partners is essential. Additionally, empirical treatment of contacts is frequently required for a clinical diagnosis because H. ducreyi is difficult to culture and there are no FDA-approved PCR techniques for its detection.