THE small-scale reports so far published of the results obtained by aureomycin in the treatment of non-specific urethritis have not been discouraging. Thus, Finland et al. (1949) successfully treated two cas~s with this drug. Likewise of four patients treated by Findlay and Willcox (1949), three responded, and Harkness (1949) also claimed seven cures out of ten patients treated. Similarly Mc Va...

Ureaplasma is a less recognized pathogen found in women of all ages. Women with unexplained bladder pain, urethritis, or hematuria should be screened an appropriate culture media; standard urine not sufficient. When given antibiotics effective against ureaplasma (Doxycycline twice daily for at least week) patients usually experience relief symptoms within several days.

In this randomized study, a single 800-mg oral dose of cefixime cured 96 of 97 men with uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis, compared with 44 cures of 46 men who received standard therapy with amoxicillin (3 g) plus probenecid (1 g). Both regimens were ineffective against coexistent infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. Cefixime was well tolerated, and all side effect...

Between 25 December 1981 and 11 March 1982, 400 men with uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis were randomly assigned to one of four treatment regimens: spectinomycin 2 g intramuscularly (group A); cefamandole 1 g intramuscularly after probenecid 1 g orally (group B); cefaclor 3 g orally with probenecid 1 g orally (group C); and cefaclor 3 g orally (group D). The cure rates were 91 of 92 (98.9%) ...

Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum (T-mycoplasma), and Hemophilus vaginalis have previously been considered possible etiological agents in nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). In this study, current C. trachomatis infection was confirmed by culture and (or) micro-immunofluorescence serology in 26 of 69 men experiencing afirst episode of NGU, and 1 of 39 with no urethritis. Serum IgM immun...