The number of male cases of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) treated in the clinics of England and Wales continues to rise steadily each year, and have done so ever since figures were first published in 1951. The cause of the condition remains undiscovered and a variety of antibiotics, including the tetracyclines, spiramycin, erythromycin, and streptomycin (in conjunction with sulphonamides), ma...