Mycoplasmas and "non-specific" genital infection. I. Previous studies and laboratory aspects.

Mycoplasmas and "non-specific" genital infection. 3. Post-gonococcal urethritis. A prospective study.

Mycoplasma hominis and T-strain mycoplasmas have been isolated (Part I: Taylor-Robinson, Addey, Hare, and Dunlop, 1969; Part II: Dunlop, Hare, Jones, and Taylor-Robinson, 1969) from the genital tract in the cases of a large proportion ofmen suffering from "non-specific" urethritis (NSU), and from an even larger proportion of their female sexual contacts. However, to show that these mycoplasmas ...

Non-specific genital infection.

Uveitis, arthritis, and non-specific genital infection.

This communication reports the results of an investigation into the aetiology of uveitis, which was recently carried out at the Institute of Ophthalmology in London. During the period from May, 1957, to December, 1958, 248 male patients attending the Institute for the first time have been investigated. All new male patients with uveitis, whether anterior or posterior, were examined, thus elimin...

Genital herpes infection and non-specific urethritis.

Analgesics in Terminal Disease Cicely M. S. Saunders, M.R.C.P., and Dame Albertine L. Winner, F.R.C.P ............. 245 Halothane Hepatitis B. R. Simpson, F.F.A. R.C.S., and others ...... 245 Functions of the G.M.C. Myre Sim, F.R.C.P.ED. .................. 246 Lymphocyte Sensitization P. M. D'Arcy Hart, F.R.C.P., and D. N. Mitchell, M.D ........................... 246 Vitamin B12 and Metformin ...

Treatment and prognosis of non-specific genital infection.

In a comparative trial minocycline was the best oral tetracycline compound for twice-daily administration in the treatment of non-specific urethritis. A review six months later showed that 29% of patients had needed further treatment, 35% of these more than one month after initial treatment and 12% between three and six months later. The history revealed no evidence of predisposition to non-spe...