title: [Experiences with oxytetracycline treatment of non-gonorrhea urethritis caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum].
abstract: In a retrospective study, the efficacy of tetracycline therapy was assessed in 48 men with non-gonococcal urethritis who only harbored Ureaplasma urealyticum in their urethras. After 2 weeks of therapy with 2.0 g oxytetracycline per day, U. urealyticum was still found in the urethra of 8 patients (17%). Urethritis was still present in 8 patients (17%) according to clinical criteria and in 11 patients (23%) according to microscopic findings. The persistence of U. urealyticum in the urethra did not correlate with the persistence of urethritis to a statistically significant degree. Therapy compliance, antibiotic resistance in a few cases, reinfections in 2 cases and a special host-parasite relationship are discussed with respect to the treatment failures.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Elsner
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009180:Mycoplasmatales Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014526:Urethritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D010118:Oxytetracycline
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit der Oxytetrazyklin-Therapie der nicht-gonorrhoischen Urethritis durch Ureaplasma urealyticum.