Research Article
Genital Ulcer Disease: How Worrisome Is It Today? A Status Report from New Delhi, India
Table 2
Comparison of clinical and laboratory findings in GUDs.
| | | Clinical Diagnosis | Gram
smear
(HD) | Giemsa (MNGC) | DFM | HD Culture | VDRL | TPHA + FTA-Abs + ELISA-Tp | ELISA-HSV-2 | Lab.
diagnosis |
| | Syphilis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | HSV | 71 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | | Chancroid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Chancroid + HSV | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Syphilis + HSV | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| | Total | 90 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
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Note: HD: Haemophilus ducreyi; MNGC: multinucleated giant cell; DFM: dark field microscopy.
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