Quantitative studies on the role of Ureaplasma urealyticum in non-gonococcal urethritis and chronic prostatitis

Yale J Biol Med. 1983 Sep-Dec;56(5-6):545-50.

Abstract

Quantitative determinations of U. urealyticum and M. hominis have been performed in 164 men with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) and 597 patients with chronic prostatitis. Evidence is provided that U. urealyticum plays an etiologic role in 29.3 percent of patients with non-gonococcal urethritis. Mixed infections of C. trachomatis and U. urealyticum, in high numbers, do occur in 11 percent of NGU cases. A constellation suggesting ureaplasma-associated disease could be observed in 13.7 to 15.2 percent of 597 patients with chronic prostatitis. M. hominis does not appear to be a causative agent of NGU or chronic prostatitis.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacteriuria / microbiology
  • Chlamydia Infections / complications
  • Chlamydia Infections / microbiology
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Mycoplasmatales Infections / complications
  • Mycoplasmatales Infections / microbiology*
  • Prostate / microbiology
  • Prostatitis / microbiology*
  • Ureaplasma / isolation & purification*
  • Urethra / microbiology
  • Urethritis / microbiology*