Clinical presentation of 327 consultations with anorectal lymphogranuloma venereum, sexually transmitted infection outpatient clinic, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, January 2005–June 2012*
| Clinical characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| One or more anorectal symptoms† | 195 (59.6%) |
| One or more anorectal inflammatory signs‡ | 167 (51.1%) |
| One or more anorectal symptoms† AND one or more inflammatory signs‡ | 124 (37.9%) |
| Neither anorectal symptoms nor signs | 89 (27.2%) |
| Anorectal mucous Gram stained smear with >10 PMNL/hpf§ | 203 (85.3%) |
*Consultations with concurrent anorectal gonorrhoea were excluded.
†Anorectal symptoms: anorectal pain, discharge, soiling, blood loss, urge and/or constipation.
‡Anorectal inflammatory signs (on anoscopy): oedema, purulent discharge, mucosal fragility (bleeding on manipulation) and/or ulceration. Anoscopic data from one case are missing.
§PMNL/hpf: polymorphonuclear leucocytes per light microscopic high power field. Cases without symptoms or signs were excluded. Gram stained smears were performed in 238 consultations.