How men with non-chlamydial, non-gonococcal urethritis are managed in Australasia.
The aim of this study was to ascertain how sexual health physicians in Australia and New Zealand manage men with chlamydia-negative non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), particularly in relation to the notification of their female sexual partners. In July 2006, a cross-section survey was sent out to all the members of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine. Seventy-three percent of sexual health physicians believed that female partners of men who present with chlamydia-negative NGU were at risk of adverse reproductive health outcomes. At least 62% usually initiated some form of partner notification of female partners of men with chlamydia-negative NGU. However, only 19% (21/111) of sexual health physicians routinely tested for, and only 65% sometimes tested for, pathogens other than Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in men presenting with NGU. These included Mycoplasma genitalium, herpes simplex virus, ureaplasma species, Trichomonas vaginalis and adenoviruses.
Teague
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Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton 3053, Victoria, Australia.
Fairley
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Newton
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Bradshaw
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Donovan
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Bowden
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Cummings
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Chen
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D044362:Australasia; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012306:Risk; D014526:Urethritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology