Korean J Dermatol.  1982 Oct;20(5):647-654.

Tetracycline Versus Erythromycin in the Treatment of Non-specific Urethritis

• Chun CH
• Kim JH

Abstract

The number of non-specific urethritis(NSU) is exceeding more and more that of Gonorrhea in developed nations and sorne of the developing countries especially in our country. Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum, which are the most suspected etiologic agents of NSU, are sensitive to either tetracycline or erythromycin. We compared the effect of oral tetracycline to erythromycin in the treatment of male NSU. The subjects were 524 male patients with NSU at the VD clinic of the Choong Ku Public Health Center in Seoul during 16 months period from January 1980 to April 1981, The diagnostic criterial of NSU were; 1) Five or PMN/HPF in Gram-stained smears of urethral dischage of centrifuged sediment of urine, 2) no Gram-negative intracellular diplococci in Gram stained smears of urethral discharge, 3) no growth of Neisseria gonorrheae in Thayer-Martin media, 4) no Trichomonas vaginalis or Candida albicans in centrifuged sediment of urine.

MeSH Terms

Candida albicans
Chlamydia trachomatis
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Erythromycin*
Gonorrhea
Humans
Male
Neisseria
Public Health
Seoul
Tetracycline*
Trichomonas vaginalis
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Urethritis*
Erythromycin
Tetracycline