title: Anaerobic balanoposthitis.
abstract: To assess the causative role of non-sporing anaerobes in cass of erosive balanoposthitis, anaerobic culture was performed on purulent discharges from 104 patients with penile ulceration, a foul-smelling discharge, and a mixed and motile bacterial flora. Most of 29 culturally confirmed infections were due to mixed anaerobes and eight to single anaerobes. A rapid response to treatment with metronidazole also confirmed the anaerobic cause of the infection. Thus, acute anaerobic balanoposthitis can be readily diagnosed clinically and is easily treated.
mesh_terms: D001446:Balanitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016124:Eikenella corrodens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001443:Prevotella melaninogenica / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole