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Table 4 Median days of symptoms before visit to the clinic according to symptoms or aetiological diagnosis

From: Patterns of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and youth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

 

Males

Females

 

Median (range)

N

Median (range)

N

Genital Discharge

8.5 (1–720)

50

14 (3–720)

59

Genital ulcer

14 (14–120)

13

30 (14–180)

12

Dysuria

21 (3–720)

34

10.5 (3–360)

12

Genital itching

25.5 (7–120)

8

45 (3–360)

30

Genital rash

8.5 (3–14)

6

30.5 (5–330)

14

Genital swelling

14

1

30 (7–120)

3

Gonorrhoea

3 (1–10)

13

60 (7–90)

2

Chlamydia

7 (3–21)

5

31 (3–240)

5

Syphilis

8.5 (3–14)

2

60 (3–180)

2

Trichomonas

62 (4–120)

2

14 (7–60)

10

Candida

-

-

20 (3–360)

9

BV

-

-

31 (3–240)

13

HIV

12.5 (3–150)

10

25.5 (3–180)

20

Any

14 (1–720)

 

19 (3–720)

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