title: Colonisation of the urethra with Streptococcus pneumoniae: a case report.
abstract: A 25 year old man developed mild urethritis and urethral colonisation with Streptococcus pneumoniae five days after a single orogenital sexual contact. The diagnosis was suspected because of the appearance of Gram positive diplococci in the urethral exudate. The incidence of urethral infection with S pneumoniae is not known. Pneumococci are unlikely to grow on the routine selective media used to identify Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology*; D014526:Urethritis / Q000382:microbiology*