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  • Title: [Epidemiological survey of sexually transmitted male urethritis in Kyoto Prefecture].
    Author: Yoshimura K, Yamamoto S, Kawauchi A, Ito M, Nakagawa S, Horii Y, Higashi Y, Okamura Y, Yamazoe Y, Nin F, Inoue S, Kihara Y, Nonomura M, Hida S, Okuno H, Okasho A, Kamoi K, Maekawa M, Kitamori T, Aoki T, Kamoto T, Nakao M, Ogawa O, Miki T, Ohe H, Muratani T, Matsumoto T.
    Journal: Hinyokika Kiyo; 2006 Apr; 52(4):265-70. PubMed ID: 16686353.
    Abstract:
    The data of sexually transmitted urethritis in males have been collected at 24 institutes in Kyoto Prefecture since October, 2002. The data collected from January to December in 2004 are summarized herein. A total of 1,275 patients were diagnosed with urethritis during this period. Microbiological examinations isolated Neisseria gonorrhoeae alone in 368 (29%), Chlamydia tracomatis alone in 336 (26%), both in 85 (7%), and others in 453 (36%). Male patients under 20 years old tended to have Chlamydial urethritis, alone or combined with gonococcal infection, and had a predominant infectious source, a non-commercial-sexual-worker female partner, suggesting a profound problem in sexual life of adolescents. The urologist preferred to use quinolones as the first therapeutic modality against male urethritis. However, drug resistance of N. gonorrhoeae, especially against quinolones, has rapidly progressed, which was also observed by a sensitivity examination test. Antibiotics should be used adequately against male urethrits according to the recent guidelines.
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