Etiologies of postgonococcal urethritis in homosexual and heterosexual men: roles of Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. 1978

W R Bowie, and E R Alexander, and K K Holmes

Before treatment for urethral gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from 18% and Ureaplasma urealyticum from 37% of 121 men. C. trachomatis was recovered from none of 18 homosexual men who had gonorrhea and from 22 of 95 heterosexual men who had gonorrhea (P less than 0.05). After treatment with a penicillin, postgonococcal urethritis occurred significantly more often in heterosexual than in homosexual men (P less than 0.002). Postgonococcal urethritis developed in all men from whom C. trachomatis was isolated. Among men without U. urealyticum infection, postgonococcal urethritis was significantly associated with C. trachomatis infection (P less than 0.02). Among men without C. trachomatis infection, postgonococcal urethritis was less closely associated with U. urealyticum infection (0.1 greater than P greater than 0.05). Postgonococcal urethritis was least frequent among men who had neither C. trachomatis nor U. urealyticum infection.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009175 Mycoplasma Infections Infections with species of the genus MYCOPLASMA. Eperythrozoonosis,Infections, Mycoplasma,Eperythrozoonoses,Infection, Mycoplasma,Mycoplasma Infection
D002690 Chlamydia Infections Infections with bacteria of the genus CHLAMYDIA. Infections, Chlamydia,Chlamydia Infection,Infection, Chlamydia
D002692 Chlamydia trachomatis Type species of CHLAMYDIA causing a variety of ocular and urogenital diseases.
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006069 Gonorrhea Acute infectious disease characterized by primary invasion of the urogenital tract. The etiologic agent, NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, was isolated by Neisser in 1879. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection
D006716 Homosexuality The sexual attraction or relationship between members of the same SEX. Homosexuality, Ego-Dystonic,Ego-Dystonic Homosexuality,Homosexuality, Ego Dystonic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012306 Risk The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome. Relative Risk,Relative Risks,Risk, Relative,Risks,Risks, Relative
D014509 Ureaplasma A genus of gram-negative, nonmotile bacteria which are common parasitic inhabitants of the urogenital tracts of humans, cattle, dogs, and monkeys. T-Mycoplasma,Ureaplasma parvum,Ureaplasma urealyticum biovar 1

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