31.3  Presentation of common STIs

In this section you will study the clinical presentations of common STIs caused by bacteria, viruses or protozoa. The clinical signs and symptoms of common STIs described below will help you to reasonably identify STIs. Now let us describe them.

All the photos in Figures 31.1 to 31.5 are taken from the Ethiopian Adaptation, 2007, of the WHO/IMAI Guidelines acknowledged at the front of this Module.

31.2.3  Epidemiology of STIs in Ethiopia

31.3.1  STIs caused by bacteria