Chlamydia and non-specific urethritis.
Chlamydia organisms were found in 42 per cent of patients with non-specific urethritis and these organisms probably were the cause of the urethritis. Contact is by venereal means. The drug of choice is 500 mg. tetracycline every 6 hours for 10 days.
D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014526:Urethritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D013752:Tetracycline