Dela H, et al. - Among participants with symptoms suggestive of STI from four military clinics and one civilian sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic in Ghana, researchers sought for factors associated with infection, separately for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and for Chlamydia trachomatis and for men and women. They examined a total of 950 patients (58% females). Of these, 28% reported gonorrhea and 11% reported chlamydia; more males tested positive than females. Painful urination and urethral discharge were the reported symptoms that were more common among patients who tested positive for gonorrhea. Furthermore, males displayed a statistical association of multiple sexual partners and alcohol with higher rates of gonorrhea while females displayed association of only the frequency of condom use with gonorrhea. Except for marital status, none of the symptoms or risk factors was noted to be correlated with testing positive for chlamydia.