Fastidious bacteria and the urethral syndrome: a 2-year clinical and bacteriological study of 51 women.
A two-year study of 51 women has shown a highly significant relation between high counts of fastidious organisms in the urine and the presence of symptoms. The patients, even when symptom-free, differed in this respect from a control group who had not had urinary symptoms for 2 years and from a group on long-term low-dose prophylaxis for recurrent urinary infection. The history, physical signs, and natural history of urinary symptoms in these patients were consistent with a diagnosis of urethral or paraurethral infection.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013577:Syndrome; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control