Document 2592
 DOCN  M94A2592
 TI    The soft chancre in Tlemcen (west Algeria): state of this STD in 1993.
 DT    9412
 AU    Boudghene-Stambouli O; Merad-Boudia A; Department of Dermatology and
       Venereology, CHU of Tlemcen,; Algeria.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):269 (abstract no. PB0507). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369983
 AB    Absent for several decades, the soft chancre reappeared in Algeria in
       1988. In the unique department of dermatology and venereology of the
       county of Tlemcen (more than 700,000 inhabitants), we wanted to know the
       state of this STD six years after the report of the first cases. The
       file of the consulting patients were examined. We looked for the
       principal characteristics of this STD: age, sex, incubation period,
       place of the infecting contact, type of relations, clinical
       presentation, evolution without and with treatment, other associated STD
       (syphilis, HIV...). From August 1988 (1st case) to June 1993, 68 cases
       of soft chancre were collected: 1988: 4, 1989: 6, 1990: 7, 1991: 18,
       1992: 17, and 1st semester 1993: 16. The presentation is quite
       stereotyped, it concerns males only, singles in most cases, having had
       sexual relations with prostitutes. The incubation period is short (less
       than 10 days), the characteristic ulceration present, very often, some
       adenopathies. The treatment by cotrimoxazole is constantly efficient.
       The are no concomitant syphilis or HIV infection. The soft chancre is
       the first cause of genital ulceration, in the world. Since 1991, it is
       the principal STD in our department. It spreads within a male
       population, young singles, associated with prostitutes. It is well
       installed in Algeria, and its role, although minor, in the transmission
       of the HIV infection, should not be neglected.
 DE    Algeria/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Chancre/DRUG THERAPY/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       Cross-Sectional Studies  *Developing Countries  Female  Human  Incidence
       Male  Prostitution  Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole
       Combination/THERAPEUTIC USE  MEETING ABSTRACT

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