Furacin urethral suppositoriest (containing nitrofurazone 0 2 per cent. and 2 per cent. diperodon hydrochloride (N.N.R.) a local anaesthetic, dissolved in a water-dispersible base composed of glyceryl monolaurate and sorethytan (4) monostearate (Tween 61) are available for the treatment of non-gonorrhoeal, bacterial (granular) urethritis of women, a condition not generally recognized in Great B...

Trobicin (Actinospectacin) is a new antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces spectabilis developed by the Research Laboratories of Messrs. Upjohn. It is prepared as a white powder, 1 4-1 6 g. of which is dissolved in distilled water. It has been stated to have a wide range of antibacterial activity and has already been shown (Willcox, 1962) to be effective in cases of acute gonorrhoea in males whe...

A group of five tests utilizing wheat germ and soybean lectins and chromogenic substrates (orthonitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside, gamma-glutamyl-beta-naphthylamide, and prolyl-beta-naphthylamide derivatives) was used as a rapid (30-min) method for the identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The rapid method agreed with Minitek test results for all 126 N. gonorrhoeae isolates and all 39 non...

The roles of Mycoplasma genitalium and Ureaplasma urealyticum in nongonococcal urethritis are not yet well established. The aim of this study was to determine the presence of these microorganisms in the urethral tracts of 187 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected male patients with no clinical signs of urethritis. The results indicate that the prevalence of M. genitalium and U. u...

In a recent statistical survey of 2,756 cases of non-gonococcal urethritis examined at the Urological Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris (Hopital Cochin), inclusion bodies were found in 84, i.e., an average of about 3 per cent. In patients suffering from the urethro-conjunctivo-synovial syndrome, we have found, as previously reported by Harkness (1945), inclusion bodies in scrapings fro...