TABLE 1.
Age, STD history, and clinical findings of patients and controls
| Patient or control no. | Age (yr) | STD historya | First visit
|
Second visit
|
Sexual orientation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms | PMNs/μl | Symptoms | PMNs/μl | ||||
| Patient | |||||||
| 1 | 37 | NG | Discharge, dysuria | 21 | None | 5 | Heterosexual |
| 2 | 29 | CT, PB | Discharge, dysuria | 31 | None | 5 | Homosexual |
| 3 | 25 | CT, GW | Dysuria | 107 | None | 5 | Heterosexual |
| 4 | 32 | NG, CT | Dysuria | 21 | None | 2 | Heterosexual |
| 5 | 44 | NG, NCNGU | Dysuria | 61 | None | 1 | Homosexual |
| Control | |||||||
| 1 | 36 | NCNGU | None | 1 | None | 1 | Homosexual |
| 2 | 30 | PB | None | 0 | None | 3 | Homosexual |
| 3 | 50 | None | None | 2 | None | 1 | Heterosexual |
| 4 | 29 | None | None | 2 | None | 2 | Heterosexual |
| 5 | 40 | None | None | 4 | None | 1 | Heterosexual |
a
NG, N. gonorrhoeae; CT, C. trachomatis; PB, pubic pediculosis; GW, genital warts. All patients suffered from penile irritation.