A CLINICAL STUDY OF STD (SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE) IN GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND 4 AFFILIATED HOSPITALS

We investigated STD patients who visited our outpatient department or 4 affiliated hospitals for a period from January 1987 to June 1987.The number of patients was 255 (235 males and only 20 females). The most frequent STD was NGU (nongonococcal urethritis). Next was GU (gonococcal urethritis). A diagnosis of NGU was adopted when Neisseria gonorrhoeae could not be detected by routine stain or culture. Chlamydia trachomatis was detected in 1 (14.3%) of 7 patients with GU, and in 20 (51.3%) of 49 patients with NGU.Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most frequent species isolated from the urethral smears of the urethritis patients.