APPROACH TO MEN WITH URETHRITIS AND UROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED DISEASES

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BOWIE, WR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA, DEPT MED, DIV INFECT DIS, VANCOUVER V6T 1W5, BC, CANADA
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10.1016/S0025-7125(16)30494-1
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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The most important causes of urethritis and epididymitis in younger men, are Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Management of these syndromes requires obtaining a thorough sexual history, genital examination, evaluation for objective and laboratory evidence of infection, antimicrobial therapy directed towards the major etiologies, and evaluation and treatment of sexual partners. The most important causes of prostatitis, and epididymitis in older men or men with urethral structural abnormalities, are classical urinary tract pathogens rather than sexually transmitted pathogens. Management of these infections includes documentation of the infection and treatment directed toward the specific pathogen.
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