title: Microbiological flora in men with non-gonococcal urethritis with particular reference to anaerobic bacteria.
abstract: In a microbiological study of the urethral flora in men with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), Chlamydia trachomatis (isolated from 30% of men) was the only organism isolated significantly more often from men with NGU than controls (P less than 0.01). Bacteroids species, especially of the melaninogenicus-oralis group, were the predominant anaerobic bacterial isolate from both men with NGU (isolated from 24%) and controls (isolated from 30%). There was no evidence that aerobic bacteria, anaerobic bacteria or herpes simplex virus made a significant contribution as primary pathogens in non-chlamydial NGU. Gram-positive cocci were the only anaerobic organism isolated more often from chlamydia-positive men (29%) than chlamydia-negative men (16%) with NGU (P less than 0.01). The significance of this remains unclear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Woolley
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Kinghorn
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Duerden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012008:Recurrence; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology*; D014526:Urethritis / Q000382:microbiology*