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. 1985 Apr;61(2):109-13.
doi: 10.1136/sti.61.2.109.

Anaerobic bacteria and herpes simplex virus in genital ulceration

A N Masfari, G R Kinghorn, S Hafiz, I G Barton, B I Duerden

Anaerobic bacteria and herpes simplex virus in genital ulceration

A N Masfari et al. Genitourin Med. 1985 Apr.

Abstract

Of 91 patients with genital ulceration, herpes simplex virus was isolated from 52 (57%) and Haemophilus ducreyi from 12 (13%); none had syphilis. The difference in incidence of other aerobes in patients and controls was not significant. Anaerobes, predominantly Bacteroides spp, were isolated from a large proportion (77%) of men and women patients with ulcers but from few control men. The most common anaerobic species were B asaccharolyticus and B ureolyticus, with fewer isolates of the melaninogenicus/oralis group. The bacterial flora of herpetic and non-herpetic ulcers were similar, but Candida albicans was isolated significantly more often from non-herpetic ulcers. Anaerobic bacteria may contribute to the pathogenesis of genital ulcers.

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