Sexually transmitted diseases in women with urethral syndrome.
Frequency of micturition and dysuria were prominent symptoms in 135 (57%) of 237 women with urethral syndrome. Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis and Chlamydia trachomatis were the principal organisms associated with the urethral syndrome (38.41%, 28.14% and 11.11%, respectively). Escherichia coli was cultured from four patients and Herepes genitalis and Neisseria gonorrhoea were isolated from five patients. Infections with more than one organism were frequent. Thirty-one of 135 patients were infected by two organisms, 27 by three and 4 patients by four microorganisms. Vaginitis due to Garnerella vaginalis, Candida spp. and Trichomonas vaginalis was discovered in 52 (39%) of 135 patients.
D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology*