title: Isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis in men from the urethra in gonococcal urethritis.
abstract: In the present study 143 males, aged 14-70 years and being treated for gonococcal urethritis, were examined for concomitant chlamydial infection. C. trachomatis was isolated from cell cultures of the excretion of 24 (16.8%) of these patients. Chlamydia-positive men were treated with oxytetracycline 250 mg 4 times daily for two weeks and following treatment all cultures for C. trachomatis were negative.
mesh_terms: D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology; D014526:Urethritis / Q000382:microbiology*