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==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
Urethritis is diagnosed if:<ref name="pmid16888612">{{cite journal |author=Workowski KA, Berman SM |title=Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006 |journal=MMWR Recomm Rep |volume=55 |issue=RR-11 |pages=1–94 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16888612 |doi= |url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm |issn=}}</ref> | Urethritis is diagnosed according to [[clinical practice guideline]]s if:<ref name="pmid16888612">{{cite journal |author=Workowski KA, Berman SM |title=Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006 |journal=MMWR Recomm Rep |volume=55 |issue=RR-11 |pages=1–94 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16888612 |doi= |url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm |issn=}}</ref> | ||
* "Mucopurulent or purulent discharge." | * "Mucopurulent or purulent discharge." | ||
* "Gram stain of urethral secretions demonstrating >5 WBC per oil immersion field. The Gram stain is the preferred rapid diagnostic test for evaluating urethritis. It is highly [[sensitivity and specificity|sensitive and specific]] for documenting both urethritis and the presence or absence of gonococcal infection. Gonococcal infection is established by documenting the presence of WBC containing GNID (Gram-negative intracellular diplococci)" | * "Gram stain of urethral secretions demonstrating >5 WBC per oil immersion field. The Gram stain is the preferred rapid diagnostic test for evaluating urethritis. It is highly [[sensitivity and specificity|sensitive and specific]] for documenting both urethritis and the presence or absence of gonococcal infection. Gonococcal infection is established by documenting the presence of WBC containing GNID (Gram-negative intracellular diplococci)" | ||
* "Positive leukocyte esterase test on first-void urine or microscopic examination of first-void urine sediment demonstrating >10 WBC per high power field." | * "Positive leukocyte esterase test on first-void urine or microscopic examination of first-void urine sediment demonstrating >10 WBC per high power field." | ||
Regarding nongonococcal urethritis.<ref name="pmid12396535">{{cite journal |author=Horner PJ, Thomas B, Gilroy CB, Egger M, Taylor-Robinson D |title=Do all men attending departments of genitourinary medicine need to be screened for non-gonococcal urethritis? |journal=Int J STD AIDS |volume=13 |issue=10 |pages=667–73 |year=2002 |month=October |pmid=12396535 |doi=10.1258/095646202760326408 |url=http://ijsa.rsmjournals.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12396535 |issn=}}</ref> | |||
* 37% report dysuria | |||
* 42% report a discharge | |||
* 59% will have a discharge on examination | |||
12% of males with urethritis will have no signs or symptoms.<ref name="pmid12396535"/> 70% of these will have a positive urethral smear (5 or more polymorphonuclear leucocytes per high powered field). The remaining 30% have pyuria in the first-passed urine. | |||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== |
Revision as of 16:09, 8 September 2008
In medicine, urethritis is "inflammation involving the urethra. Similar to cystitis, clinical symptoms range from vague discomfort to painful urination (dysuria), urethral discharge, or both."[1]
Cause and etiology
Common causes are Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. Other causes are called "nonchlamydial, nongonoccocal urethritis" and may include Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma genitalium, Trichomonas vaginalis, herpes simplex virus, and adenovirus.[2]
Diagnosis
Urethritis is diagnosed according to clinical practice guidelines if:[2]
- "Mucopurulent or purulent discharge."
- "Gram stain of urethral secretions demonstrating >5 WBC per oil immersion field. The Gram stain is the preferred rapid diagnostic test for evaluating urethritis. It is highly sensitive and specific for documenting both urethritis and the presence or absence of gonococcal infection. Gonococcal infection is established by documenting the presence of WBC containing GNID (Gram-negative intracellular diplococci)"
- "Positive leukocyte esterase test on first-void urine or microscopic examination of first-void urine sediment demonstrating >10 WBC per high power field."
Regarding nongonococcal urethritis.[3]
- 37% report dysuria
- 42% report a discharge
- 59% will have a discharge on examination
12% of males with urethritis will have no signs or symptoms.[3] 70% of these will have a positive urethral smear (5 or more polymorphonuclear leucocytes per high powered field). The remaining 30% have pyuria in the first-passed urine.
Treatment
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published clinical practice guidelines for treatment.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Urethritis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Workowski KA, Berman SM (August 2006). "Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006". MMWR Recomm Rep 55 (RR-11): 1–94. PMID 16888612. [e]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Horner PJ, Thomas B, Gilroy CB, Egger M, Taylor-Robinson D (October 2002). "Do all men attending departments of genitourinary medicine need to be screened for non-gonococcal urethritis?". Int J STD AIDS 13 (10): 667–73. DOI:10.1258/095646202760326408. PMID 12396535. Research Blogging.