title: [Male gonococcal urethritis in the region of Sfax (1996-2000)].
abstract: The sexually transmitted infections pose a real public health problem, mainly in developing countries. In Tunisia, the epidemiological state is not precise. The objective of our study was to determine the sociological, epidemiological and bacteriological characteristics of gonococcal urethritis in the area of Sfax. The study was performed on all patients attending at the CNSS of Sfax for urethritis for 5 years, from 1996 to 2000. A urethral swab was carried out for each patient with a classic bacteriological exam. 256 cases were collected. The mean age was 29.7 years. 74.3% were workers. The direct exam was positive in 51.2% of cases and the culture enabled us to isolate 72 strains, of which 15.5% were productive of beta-lactamase and 23.9% were resistant to tetracyclin. There was no resistance to pristinamycin, ofloxacin nor spectinomycin.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de microbiologie, CHU Habib Bourguiba Sfax.
authors.forename: Abir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Znazen
authors.forename: Boubaker
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trigui
authors.forename: Yosr
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zghal-Trigui
authors.forename: Radhouane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gdoura
authors.forename: Nabiha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zouari
authors.forename: Adnane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hammami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000145:classification; D009790:Occupations; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology; D013753:Tetracycline Resistance; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014526:Urethritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance