RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sexually transmitted diseases in clinic patients in Lagos.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 54
OP 56
DO 10.1136/sti.56.1.54
VO 56
IS 1
A1 V O Rotimi
A1 A O Somorin
YR 1980
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/56/1/54.abstract
AB In a study of patients attending an STD referral clinic in Lagos, Nigeria, the age distribution was similar to that seen on other parts of the world and the male-to-female ratio was 1.3:1. Non-specific genital infection was diagnosed in about 59% of patients and gonorrhoea in 19%. Most strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were sensitive to penicillin (1 unit) and the six relatively penicillin-resistant strains did not produce penicillinase. Candidosis and trichomoniasis were each diagnosed in about 10% of patients and latent syphilis in 1.4% (four cases). Genital warts were also uncommon; venereophobia and other conditions accounted for 1% and 2.2% of cases respectively.