Isolation of Bacteroides ureolyticus from the genital tract of men with and without non-gonococcal urethritis.
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.
Bennett
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Department of Bacteriology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
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Woolley
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D001439:Bacteroides / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology*; D014526:Urethritis / Q000382:microbiology*
D003470:Culture Media