title: [Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of anogenital dermatoses in the department of dermatology-venereology in Cotonou, Benin].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to document the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of anogenital dermatoses (AGDs) in Cotonou, Benin.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective, descriptive study, conducted in the Department of Dermatology-Venereology at the National University Hospital of Cotonou, examined medical records of admissions and outpatient consultations for the 5-year period 2005-2009 and included the records of all patients with a clinical diagnosis of AGD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of AGD in our series was 2.6% and the prevalence of sexually transmitted AGDs (STIs) was 1.3%. The sex ratio (M:F) was 2.5, and the patients' average age was 31.1 years. AGDs were classified as infectious (77%), inflammatory (12.6%), non-infectious tumors (3.7%), physiological (2.1%), psychodermatoses (2.1%), non-infectious ulcers (1.6%), and dyschromia (1%). STIs accounted for 44% of the AGDs: condyloma (65.5%), genital herpes (19%), urethritis (8.3%), and chancroids (4.8%). The primary sites in men were the foreskin, the groin, the scrotum, and the glans, and in women, the labia majora, the groin, the labia minora, and the anal cleft.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  AGDs were relatively rare in hospital consultations in Cotonou. They were mainly infectious (viral or fungal), and nearly half were STIs.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie-MST, Centre national hospitalier et universitaire (CNHU) de Cotonou, 03 BP: 2264 Cotonou.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Degboé
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie-MST, Centre national hospitalier et universitaire (CNHU) de Cotonou, 03 BP: 2264 Cotonou, Faculté des sciences de la santé de Cotonou, BP 386, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Atadokpèdé
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie-MST, Centre national hospitalier et universitaire (CNHU) de Cotonou, 03 BP: 2264 Cotonou, Faculté des sciences de la santé de Cotonou, BP 386, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adégbidi
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier et universitaire Sylvanus-Olympio, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saka
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie-MST, Centre national hospitalier et universitaire (CNHU) de Cotonou, 03 BP: 2264 Cotonou.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akpadjan
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé de Cotonou, BP 386, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: d'Almeïda
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé de Cotonou, BP 386, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hounkpè Mélomè
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé de Cotonou, BP 386, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sèmikenké
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé de Cotonou, BP 386, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yédomon
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé de Cotonou, BP 386, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: do-Ango Padonou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001003:Anal Canal; D001541:Benin / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005835:Genitalia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Benin; anogenital dermatoses; anogenital warts; sexually transmitted infections