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. 2022 Mar 1;11(5):1348. doi: 10.3390/jcm11051348

Table 2.

Articles in the systematic review on emerging microorganisms in urethritis.

Article Age-Sex Predisposing Factors Microorganism Clinical Manifestations Clinical Sample Treatment Microbiological Identification Method
Gregory JE et al., 1979 27-Male Alcohol abuse Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Procaine penicillin
Probenecid
Not described
Karolus JJ et al., 1980 29-Male Oral-genital and vaginal contact Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Procaine penicillin Not described
Chowdhury MNH et al., 1984 35-Male Sexual relations with female partner (non- extramarital, oral-genital, or anal) Streptococcus group B Urethritis Urethral exudate Phenoxymethylpenicillin Not described
Noble RC et al., 1985 25-Male Vaginal and oral sexual relation with a female Streptococcus pneumoniae Urethritis Urethral exudate Ampicillin
Probenecid
Not described
Hay PE et al., 1989 16-Male Oral sex (female) Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Spectinomycin
Doxycycline
Not described
Wilson APR et al., 1989 18-Male Sexual relations with steady partner (female) Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Ampicillin
Probenecid
Not described
Phillips EA et al., 1989 19-Male Sexual contact (female) Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Amoxicillin
Doxycycline
Not described
Shanmugaratnam K et al., 1989 25-Male Oral-genital contact Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Ciprofloxacin Not described
Faigel HC et al.,
1990
20-Male Oral-genital contact (female) Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Not described Not described
Coker DM et al., 1991 36-Male Sporadic sexual relations (female) Moraxella urethralis Urethritis Urethral exudate Ciprofloxacin Not described
Quarto M et al.,
1991
35-Male Occasional oral sex with a female Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Ampicillin Not described
Kanemitsu N et al., 2003 48-Male Oral-genital contact Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Levofloxacin Enzymatic profiles
Orden B et al., 2004 36-Male Unprotected oral and vaginal sexual relations Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Ceftriaxone
Doxycycline
API NH (bioMérieux)
Rodríguez CN et al., 2005 27-Male Oral and vaginal sexual relations with several women Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Ceftriaxone
Doxycycline
API NH (bioMérieux)
Urra E et al., 2005 38-Male Sexual relations with steady partner (female) Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Minocycline API NH (bioMérieux)
Abdolrasouli A et al., 2007 23-Male Unprotected fellatio Moraxella catarrhalis Urethritis Urethral and throat exudate Ciprofloxacin Not described
Koroglu M et al., 2007 43-Male Multiple sexual partners Streptococcus pneumoniae Urethritis Urethral exudate Amoxicillin BD BBL Crystal test
Galán-Sánchez F et al., 2011 18-Male Sexual relations with multiple partners Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum Urethritis Urethral exudate Ciprofloxacin API Coryne sistem
Katz AR et al., 2011 26-Male Oral and vaginal sex with one woman Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Cefixime
Azithromycin
API NH (bioMérieux)
Bousquet A et al., 2012 35-Male Unprotected oral-genital sex with males and females Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Ceftriaxone
Azithromycin
MALDI-TOF
Abdolrasouli A et al., 2013 27-Male Possible unprotected sexual relations Corynebacterium propinquum Urethritis Urethral exudate Azithromycin
Vancomycin
API Coryne system (bioMérieux)
Babics A et al., 2015 36-Male Not described Gardnerella vaginalis Urethritis Urine
Blood
Azithromycin
Ceftriaxone
MALDI-TOF (Bruker)
Gherardi G et al., 2015 37-Male Not described Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum Genitourinary tract infection Urethral exudate
Semen
Urine
Ciprofloxacin MALDI-TOF
RNAr 16S gene sequencing
Seynabou Lo et al., 2015 52-Male Previous urethroplasties Corynebacterium aurimucosum Urinary tract infection Urine Imipenem MALDI-TOF
Grandolfo M et al., 2016 39-Male Not described Neisseria elongata nitroreducens Purulent balanoposthitis
Urethritis
Urethral exudate Ceftriaxone
Topical mupirocin
Vitek 2 compact system (bioMérieux)
Jannic A et al., 2019 22-Male Sexual relations with steady partner (female) Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Urethral exudate Ceftriaxone
Azithromycin
MALDI-TOF