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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
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).