| Autor: |
Zainah S; Division of Virology, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur., Cheong YM, Sinniah M, Gan AT, Akbal K |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Medical journal of Malaysia [Med J Malaysia] 1991 Sep; Vol. 46 (3), pp. 274-82. |
| Abstrakt: |
The microbial aetiology of genital ulcers was studied in 249 patients (241 men and 8 women) attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Herpes simplex virus type 2 was isolated in 48 (19.2%) patients, Haemophilus ducreyi from 22 (8.8%), Neisseria gonorrhoeae from seven (2.8%) and Chlamydia trachomatis from four (1.6%). Syphilis was diagnosed in 18 (7.2%) patients on the basis of dark field microscopy. Two (0.8%) patients were found to have both chancroid and syphilis and one (0.5%) had both gonorrhoea and syphilis. No organism was isolated in the remaining 151 (61.5%) patients. Overall, the accuracy of clinical diagnosis was 58% for single infection, 67% for herpes, 63% for syphilis, 47% for chancroid and 0% for lymphogranuloma venereum. Therefore, our study confirms the need for laboratory tests to diagnose accurately the aetiology of genital ulcer disease. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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