PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - V O Rotimi
AU  - A O Somorin
TI  - Sexually transmitted diseases in clinic patients in Lagos.
AID  - 10.1136/sti.56.1.54
DP  - 1980 Feb 01
TA  - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
PG  - 54--56
VI  - 56
IP  - 1
4099  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/56/1/54.short
4100  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/56/1/54.full
SO  - Br J Vener Dis1980 Feb 01; 56
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.