title: Isolation of Bacteroides ureolyticus from the genital tract of men with and without non-gonococcal urethritis.
abstract: Urethral specimens from 247 heterosexual men--118 patients with non-gonococcal urethritis and 129 controls with no evidence of urethritis--were examined for the presence of Bacteroides ureolyticus. Bacteroides ureolyticus was isolated from 45 (34.9%) of the controls and from 31 (26.3%) of the urethritis patients; there was no significant difference between these rates (p = 0.1). There was no association between the density of Bacteroides ureolyticus on primary isolation plates in either group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eley
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Woolley
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Duerden
mesh_terms: D001439:Bacteroides / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology*; D014526:Urethritis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media