Table 2 Aetiological diagnosis versus presenting symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases among patients.
From: Patterns of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and youth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Aetiological diagnosis | Presenting symptoms | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Total | Genital discharge | Genital ulcers | Dysuria | Genital itch | Rash | ||||||
| Â | M No (%) | F No (%) | M No (%) | F No (%) | M No (%) | F No (%) | M No (%) | F No (%) | M No (%) | F No (%) | M No (%) | F No (%) |
| Â | Â | Â | 53/98 (54.1) | 64/101 (63.4) | 14/98 (14.3) | 12/101 (11.8) | 34/98 (34.7) | 12/101 (11.8) | 9/98 (9.1) | 31/101 (30.6) | 7/98 (7.1) | 14/101 (13.8) |
Gonorrhoea | 14/28 (50.0) | 3/82 (3.7) | 13/24 (54.1) | 2/55 (3.6) | 0/1 | 1/7 | 1/4 | 0/10 | 0/2 | 2/28 (7.1) | 1/1 | 1/9 |
Chlamydia | 5/52 (9.6) | 5/56 (8.9) | 3/31 (9.7) | 1/37 (3) | 1/6 | 0/5 | 1/17 | 1/7 | 1/3 | 2/10 | 0/2 | 2/4 |
Syphilis | 3/98 (3.1) | 4/101 (4.0) | 2/53 (3.8) | 4/60 (6.7) | 0/14 | 0/12 | 0/34 | 0/12 | 0/9 | 1/31 | 0/7 | 1/14 |
Clue cells | - | 15/88 (17.0) | - | 10/59 (16.9) | - | 1/8 | - | 3/11 (17) | - | 8/31 (25.8) | - | 3/8 |
Trichom onas | 2/94 (2.1) | 10/101 (9.9) | 2/53 (3.8) | 7/64 (10.9) | 0/11 | 0/12 | 0/33 | 1/12 | 0/9 | 5/31 (16.1) | 0/7 | 2/14 |
Candida | 1/97 | 22/101 (21.8) | 1/44 | 17/64 (26.6) | 1/13 | 1/12 | 2/34 | 4/12 | 0/9 | 7/31 (22.6) | 0/7 | 3/11 |
HIV | 11/96 (11.5) | 21/101 (20.8) | 6/53 (11.3) | 12/64 (18.8) | 3/13 (23.1) | 6/12 (50.0) | 2/33 | 1/12 (8) | 1/8 | 6/31 (19.3) | 1/7 | 2/14 |