Genital Ulcers In Men & Women (With Or Without

The commonest cause of genital ulcers in both men and women is genital herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2) infection. Syphilis and chancroid also cause genital ulcers but the prevalence of chancroid is low in Zimbabwe. Clinical differentiation between the causes of genital ulcers is inaccurate except if the patient gives a clear history of recurrent attacks of vesicular lesions that may crust and heal spontaneously or if the clinical appearance of the lesions are those of superficial ulcers, when