Clinico - epidemiological study of sexually transmitted infections in a tertiary centre at Aligarh

Objective To highlight the pattern of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the profile of patients with HIV infection in STI patients as seen at our hospital. Methods A retrospective analysis of records of patients attending the STD clinic during the period of September 2013 till August 2014 was done. Results A total of 90 patients attended the STD clinic, out of which 63 were males and 27 were females with the male: female ratio of 2.3:1. Maximum patients belonged to the age group of 20-30 years. Herpes genitalis was the most common ulcerative STI, 19 (21.1%) out of 90 patients had herpes genitalis. Genital warts were the most common non-ulcerative STI, 25 (27.8%) out of 90 patients had genital warts. HIV seropositivity was seen in 7 patients. Conclusion Herpes genitalis was the most common ulcerative STI, while genital warts was the most common nonulcerative STI in our study. The prevalence of HIV among STI clients in India has been on the rise, which was also seen in our study.