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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- © Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0263-2136
- eISSN
- 1460-2229
- DOI
- 10.1093/fampra/1.4.222
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
The incidence of non-gonococcal urethritis has increased more than four-fold in the last decade and is now one of the most common of the sexually transmitted diseases. In a study of 429 cases of male urethritis presenting to a health centre in Nigeria, 202 (41%) of the cases had Gram-positive cocci present. Culture grew Staphylococcus aureus in 178(53.7%) of the cases. The sensitivity of the organisms to antibiotics was tested, enabling effective antibiotics to be identified. It is suggested that Staphylococcus aureus may be a major cause of non-gonococcal urethritis.
Journal
Family Practice – Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 1, 1984