Open AccessExamination of Men with Nongonococcal Urethritis and Their Sexual Partners for Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum
Author(s) -
Jorma Paavonen,
M Kousa,
Pekka Saikku,
E Vesterinen,
E Jansson,
A Lassus
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/00007435-197807000-00003
Subject(s) - urethritis , ureaplasma urealyticum , chlamydia trachomatis , chlamydia , medicine , ureaplasma , chlamydia psittaci , gynecology , obstetrics , mycoplasma , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Chlamydia trachomatis was recovered from 39 (52%) of 75 men who had nongonococcal urethritis and from 28 (37%) of their sexual partners. Of the partners of men with Chlamydia-positive nongonococcal urethritis, 64% excreted Chlamydia, compared with 8% of the partners of men with Chlamydia-negative nongonococcal urethritis. In contrast, an apparently sexual mode of transmission was not observed with Ureaplasma urealyticum. Rates of recovery of U. urealyticum from men with nongonococcal urethritis whose cultures were Chlamydia-positive and those whose cultures were Chlamydia-negative were the same. Significant seroconversion was detected bythe single-antigen immunofluorescence test in about 50% of patients who had Chlamydia-postive cultures.