Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in Genito-urinary Medicine Clinic, Hospital Kuala Lumpur: A 5-year Retrospective Analysis
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Background Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide. It is the commonest cause of non-gonococcal urethritis in men and can cause serious complications in the female reproductive tract if left untreated. Objective The aim of this study is to establish the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in symptomatic patients attending the
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Urethritis in men at the Genito-Urinary Medicine Clinic Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
The clinical features and aetiology of 100 consecutive symptomatic heterosexual male patients with urethritis were studied from March 1994 to August 1994 in the Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) Clinic, Kuala Lumpur Hospital. Gonococcal urethritis (GU) was found to be more common (53%) than non-gonococcal urethritis(47%). All patients with GU confirmed microbiologically had clinically evident ureth...
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