title: Observations on the microbiology of urethritis in black South African men.
abstract: The occurrence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium was determined by molecular techniques in urine specimens from 182 black South African men who had symptoms and/or overt signs of urethritis. Eighty-six (47.3%) of these men were infected with N. gonorrhoeae. There were 185 men without overt evidence of urethritis, 16 (8.6%) of whom were also infected with N. gonorrhoeae. Of the 96 men who had non-gonococcal urethritis, 14 (14.6%) were infected with C. trachomatis, 16 (16.7%) with M. genitalium and only one with both microorganisms. In comparison, 15 (8.9%) of 169 men without overt urethritis and without N. gonorrhoeae were infected with C. trachomatis and 15 (8.9%) with M. genitalium, proportions that were about half the size of those in the group with overt urethritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taylor-Robinson
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fehler
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Radebe
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ballard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013019:South Africa; D014526:Urethritis / Q000382:microbiology*