RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The microbial aetiology of genital ulcers in black men in Durban, South Africa.
JF Genitourinary Medicine
JO Genitourin Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 266
OP 269
DO 10.1136/sti.61.4.266
VO 61
IS 4
A1 Y M Coovadia
A1 A Kharsany
A1 A Hoosen
YR 1985
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/61/4/266.abstract
AB The microbial aetiology of genital ulcers was assessed in 100 black men attending a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in Durban, South Africa. Forty patients harboured Haemophilus ducreyi, one hepes simplex virus, and one Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Syphilis was diagnosed in 44 patients on the basis of dark field microscopy or positive syphilis serology test results, or both. Of these 44 patients, eight also harboured N ducreyi, one herpes simplex virus. Lymphogranuloma venereum was diagnosed in one patient. No cause of ulceration could be found in the remaining 16 patients.