Etiology of Urethritis in Thai Men

The etiology of urethritis was determined for 303 Thai men with urethral discharge containing 5 or more polymorphonuclear cells (PMN)/high power field (hpf) and 132 men with a discharge containing less than 5 PMN/hpf. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated significantly more often from men with ⩾5 PMN/h...

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Published in:Sexually transmitted diseases 1989-07, Vol.16 (3), p.137-140
Main Authors: KUVANONT, KRIT, CHITWARAKORN, ANUPONG, ROCHANANOND, CHATCHAWAN, KREAURAT, MANU, ARIYARIT, CHARAS, SINGHARAJ, PREECHA, PANIKABUTRA, KANCHANA, TAYLOR, DAVID N.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Chlamydia Infections - epidemiology
Chlamydia trachomatis - isolation & purification
General aspects
Gonorrhea - epidemiology
Human bacterial diseases
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Military Personnel
Miscellaneous
Mycoplasmatales Infections - epidemiology
Neisseria gonorrhoeae - isolation & purification
Original Articles
Prevalence
Thailand - epidemiology
Tropical medicine
Ureaplasma - isolation & purification
Urethritis - etiology
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Summary:The etiology of urethritis was determined for 303 Thai men with urethral discharge containing 5 or more polymorphonuclear cells (PMN)/high power field (hpf) and 132 men with a discharge containing less than 5 PMN/hpf. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated significantly more often from men with ⩾5 PMN/hpf than from men with
ISSN:0148-5717
1537-4521
DOI:10.1097/00007435-198907000-00004