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. 1983 Sep-Dec;56(5-6):545–550.

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

H Brunner, W Weidner, H G Schiefer
PMCID: PMC2590573  PMID: 6679147

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.

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