[Epidemiological survey of sexually transmitted male urethritis in Kyoto Prefecture].
The data of sexually transmitted urethritis in males have been collected at 24 institutes in Kyoto Prefecture since October, 2002. The data collected from January to December in 2004 are summarized herein. A total of 1,275 patients were diagnosed with urethritis during this period. Microbiological examinations isolated Neisseria gonorrhoeae alone in 368 (29%), Chlamydia tracomatis alone in 336 (26%), both in 85 (7%), and others in 453 (36%). Male patients under 20 years old tended to have Chlamydial urethritis, alone or combined with gonococcal infection, and had a predominant infectious source, a non-commercial-sexual-worker female partner, suggesting a profound problem in sexual life of adolescents. The urologist preferred to use quinolones as the first therapeutic modality against male urethritis. However, drug resistance of N. gonorrhoeae, especially against quinolones, has rapidly progressed, which was also observed by a sensitivity examination test. Antibiotics should be used adequately against male urethrits according to the recent guidelines.
Yoshimura
Koji
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The Sexually Transmitted Disease Research Group, Kyoto Urologic Society.
Yamamoto
Shingo
S
Kawauchi
Akihiro
A
Ito
Mikio
M
Nakagawa
Shuichi
S
Horii
Yasuki
Y
Higashi
Yoshihito
Y
Okamura
Yasuhiko
Y
Yamazoe
Yoshihiro
Y
Nin
Fuminori
F
Inoue
Susumu
S
Kihara
Yuji
Y
Nonomura
Mitsuo
M
Hida
Shuichi
S
Okuno
Hiroshi
H
Okasho
Akira
A
Kamoi
Kazumi
K
Maekawa
Mikio
M
Kitamori
Tomohito
T
Aoki
Tadashi
T
Kamoto
Toshiyuki
T
Nakao
Masahiro
M
Ogawa
Osamu
O
Miki
Tsuneharu
T
Ohe
Hiroshi
H
Muratani
Tetsuro
T
Matsumoto
Tetsuro
T