Sexually transmitted diseases in Sudanese males

One hundred and thirty-eight male adult patients were examined clinically for STD in two VD clinics in Khartoum Province. Specimens were collected for microbiological investigations. NGU was the commonest STD encountered (35.1%). Next came gonorrhoea (25.9%) and other STD. Syphilis accounted for only 1.3% of the cases investigated. Most of the patients with STD were in the age range 20-39 years. Of the infected patients 49.3% had their infections from prostitutes. Nearly half the patients examined and found infected with STD were in the low-paid socioeconomic group; and 71.4% of them were single. The social and cultural factors related to these results were discussed in the report.