| a microbiological study of genital ulcers in kuala lumpur. | the microbial aetiology of genital ulcers was studied in 249 patients (241 men and 8 women) attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in kuala lumpur, malaysia. herpes simplex virus type 2 was isolated in 48 (19.2%) patients, haemophilus ducreyi from 22 (8.8%), neisseria gonorrhoeae from seven (2.8%) and chlamydia trachomatis from four (1.6%). syphilis was diagnosed in 18 (7.2%) patients on the basis of dark field microscopy. two (0.8%) patients were found to have both chancroid and syphil ... | 1991 | 1839925 |