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The World Health Organization estimated that 20% of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus\/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are in their 20s and one out of twenty adolescents contract an STI each year.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Aims:<\/jats:title>\n The present study was conducted to study the characteristics of the pattern of STI in adult males and study the prevalence of various STIs among them.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Settings and Design:<\/jats:title>\n This retrospective study was conducted by retrieving records of males presenting to STI laboratory of our tertiary care hospital between (April 2018 and December 2019).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Subjects and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n The patients comprised high-risk group males, approached through nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and slum population visiting the dispensary attached to our institute. The age group of the patient included was between 0 and 85 years.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n A total of 1023 males presented to our STI laboratory out of which 124 (12.12%) were symptomatic. The most common complaint was urethral irritation seen in 22.5%, followed by discharge in 9.6%. The most common sexually transmitted disease among symptomatic (34\/124) as well as asymptomatic (172\/899) men was syphilis showing a combined prevalence of 20% (206\/1023). Out of 124 symptomatic patients, 29 (23.38%) complained of urethritis due to gonococcal infection. The association between the two was found to be significant (i.e.,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.05).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n STIs are a serious health problem in our country. Approximately 6% of the adult population have one or the other STI amounting to 30\u201335 million cases per year. 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