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Pattern of urethritis in males in a Kuala Lumpur STD (sexually transmitted diseases) clinic

Lim VKE 1 , Bakar RA 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Lim V.K.E., MBBS (Malaya), MSc (London). Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, PO Box 2418, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Bakar R.A., MBBS (Malaya), MRCP (UK), Dip VD (L'pool). Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, PO Box 2418, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1981 Dec;36(4):199-201.
PMID: 6801446

Abstract

One hundred and thirty-eight male patients presented unth. a total of 146 episodes of urethritis at a Kuala Lumpur STD clinic over a period of six months. Gonorrhoea accounted for almost 4 out of 5 cases of male urethritis. The incidence of betalactamase producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was 36 percent. Furthermore nearly 3 out of 10 cases of gonococcal urethritis developed post-gonococcal urethritis.

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