       Document 0194
 DOCN  M9580194
 TI    Chlamydial urethritis in heterosexual men attending a genitourinary
       medicine clinic: prevalence, symptoms, condom usage and partner change.
 DT    9506
 AU    Zelin JM; Robinson AJ; Ridgway GL; Allason-Jones E; Williams P;
       Department of Genitourinary Medicine, University College London;
       Hospitals, UK.
 SO    Int J STD AIDS. 1995 Jan-Feb;6(1):27-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95244660
 AB    A prospective study of 356 consecutive heterosexual male patients
       attending the Department of Genitourinary Medicine at University College
       Hospital was carried out to determine the prevalence of Chlamydia
       trachomatis. Patients were asked about their symptoms, use of condoms
       and change of sexual partner. The prevalence of non-gonococcal
       urethritis (NGU--chlamydia positive and negative urethritis) was 37%
       (131 of 356). C. trachomatis was shown to be the causative organism in
       24% (31 of 131) of patients with NGU. The prevalence of other STDs in
       men with C. trachomatis and with non-chlamydial urethritis was 15% and
       10% respectively. Men with C. trachomatis were significantly more likely
       than men with non-chlamydial urethritis to be asymptomatic (56% vs 35%).
       The prevalence of C. trachomatis was highest in men who had changed
       partner in the previous 3 months (20 of 32 men). A third of men never
       used condoms in the first 3 months of a new relationship and over half
       failed to use them after 3 months. There was no evidence that the
       reported use of condoms reduced the rate of infection with C.
       trachomatis.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Aged  Chlamydia trachomatis/*ISOLATION & PURIF
       Chlamydia Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Condoms  Human  London  Male  Middle
       Age  Prevalence  Prospective Studies  Sex Behavior  Sexually Transmitted
       Diseases/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL
       Urethritis/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*MICROBIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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