OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and mode of presentation in patients originating from Bangladesh and resident in the United Kingdom in comparison with non-Bangladeshi patients attending an inner London genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic. METHODS A retrospective, cross sectional study with comparator group was carried out at an open access GUM cl...

BACKGROUND  Empirical antibiotic therapy for nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) and cervicitis is aimed at Chlamydia trachomatis, but Mycoplasma genitalium, which also commonly causes undiagnosed NGU, necessitates treatment with macrolides or fluoroquinolones rather than doxycycline, the preferred chlamydia treatment. Prevalence of M. genitalium and associated genotypic markers of macrolide and flu...

background trichomonas vaginalis infection is the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease in the world. it causes vaginitis, urethritis and preterm birth. it has been associated with nongonococcal urethritis in men. in this study, a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) targeting the beta-tubulin genes of t. vaginalis was developed for the detection of the organism in both vaginal swab and urine ...

This paper explores the frequency of different etiological agents causing urethritis among cases in the University College Hospital, Ibadan; the prevalence of gonococcal infections among housewives and prostitutes, and the incidence of isolation of T-strain mycoplasmas in the urethra of patients with nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) and a control group of Nigerian males. 6 groups of patients wer...

In order to address increasing antimicrobial resistance issues in combination with few new antimicrobial agents, minocycline has renewed interest for new uses in resistant, serious infections. Minocycline is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial with activity against Gram-positive and -negative bacteria, including aerobes and anaerobes as well as Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Rickettsia, Nocardia, Legionella...

Development of animal models to explore possible relationships between mycoplasmas and chronic progressive respiratory disease of man could take two general courses. One approach could be study of naturally-occurring chronic respiratory diseases associated with mycoplasmas in animals and birds in order to gain insight into the nature of the host-parasite relationship that could be applied subse...

The term "T-strain" was applied by Shepard (1954) to a strain of mycoplasma which, when cultured on solid agar, shows morphological differences from other members of the species (Shepard, 1956). Shepard (1954) recovered T-strain mycoplasmas from urethral scrapings taken from cases of nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) and later found that this organism was present in some 70 per cent. of such cases...

OBJECTIVE To compare the rates of subsequent infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, or Trichomonas vaginalis in a group of high-risk adolescents and young adults. METHODS At the time of treatment, 444 unmarried teenagers and young adults aged 13 to 25 years were enrolled from an urban sexually transmitted disease clinic and 3 community-based primary care clinics. Subject...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate gonococcal (GU) and nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), chlamydia antigen, and serostatus for syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among males attending a Malawian STD clinic with complaints of urethral discharge and/or dysuria. To collect demographic and behavioural data and to determine the effectiveness of five treatments for urethritis. METHODS Urethritis was...