title: Purulent penile ulcers of patients in Singapore.
abstract: In 80 patients with painful purulent penile ulcers who attended the outpatient service of Middle Road Hospital in Singapore, Haemophilus ducreyi was isolated from 18 (22%), herpes simplex virus type 2 from nine (11%), and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from eight (10%). Primary pathogens were not isolated from 45 (57%) men. Painful purulent penile ulcers were more common in uncircumcised men, and patients had often acquired the disease after sexual intercourse with prostitutes in Singapore.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006191:Haemophilus ducreyi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014456:Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology