Morbidity Profile of Patients With Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Their Determinants in a Tertiary Care Institute of Eastern India
The study concluded that female participants had significantly younger ages of sexual debut, and they also had higher chances of bacterial STIs. Genital syphilis and herpes were the most common ulcerative STIs, whereas BV and trichomoniasis were the most common causes of genital discharge.
Authors
- Souvik Manna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8870-8542)
- Prodip Kumar Sarkar
- R Rajesh
- Koushik Shome
Institutions
- Burdwan Medical College & Hospital (IN)
- Employees State Insurance Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (IN)
- Employees' State Insurance Model Hospital (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.78963
- Primary Topic
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00