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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2007; 35 (4)

Urethral discharge: clinical-epidemiological and laboratorial evaluation)

Amaral de OL, Aguilar N, Mata O, da Costa NJA, Lourenço MC

Language: Portugués
References: 18
Page: 174-177
PDF size: 186.76 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Few data exist about the etiology of the urethritis in Brazilian literature, as well as the social characteristics of these patients.
Materials and methods: A descriptive study of 18 cases of symptomatic urethrits in patients of the male sex, with the Ligase Chain Reaction.
Results: The etiologic agent found in 39% of the cases as N. gonorrhoeae, in 22% was found C. trachomatis, and the association of both agents was seem in 5,5% of cases. In 39% of patients there was not isolation of any agent. In relation of race, age and pertaining to school degree, it was observed that 12 (67%) patients wasn’t white, 50% were less than 25 years old and 39% had only incomplete fundamental schooling. The utilization of barrier methods was done irregularly in all patients and the beginning of sexual activity was seem before the age of 15 in 78%. The great majority (83%) of patients had already had another STD before. Although 83% of the patients complained of uretral discharge, only 61% of them presented this signal to the physical examination.
Conclusion: We verify that the clinical data of the patients are sometimes little specifics for the etiologic diagnosis of the urethritis. Being thus, still that the laboratorial diagnosis is negative, we consider that the management of the urethral discharge should be syndromic to interrupt the transmission chain.


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