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Association of genital adenovirus infection with urethritis in men
Author(s) -
Harnett Gerald B.,
Phillips Peter A.,
Gollow Maurice M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb132799.x
Subject(s) - urethritis , chlamydia trachomatis , medicine , sex organ , chlamydia trachomatis infection , neisseria gonorrhoeae , chlamydia , non gonococcal urethritis , urethra , genitourinary system , gynecology , immunology , urology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
Adenoviruses were isolated from the urethral swabs of 129 male patients in an STD clinic. After exclusion of patients with Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoea infections, 85 of the remaining 120 patients had urethritis, compared with 28 men with urethritis detected in a control group which was closely matched for age, sex, and date of specimen collection. This statistically significant difference suggests that genital adenovirus infection may be a cause of urethritis in some male patients.