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Isolation ofBacteroides ureolyticus from the genital tract of men with and without non-conococcal urethritis

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Urethral specimens from 247 heterosexual men — 118 patients with non-gonococcal urethritis and 129 controls with no evidence of urethritis — were examined for the presence ofBacteroides ureolyticus. Bacteroides ureolyticus was isolat-ed from 45 (34.9 %) of the controls and from 31 (26.3 %) of the urethritis patients; there was no significant difference between these rates (p=0.1). There was no association between the density ofBacteroides ureolyticus on primary isolation plates in either group.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, S10 2JF, Sheffield, UK

    K. W. Bennett

  2. Department of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, S10 2RX, Sheffield, UK

    A. Eley & B. I. Duerden

  3. Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, S10 2JF, Sheffield, UK

    P. D. Woolley

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Bennett, K.W., Eley, A., Woolley, P.D. et al. Isolation ofBacteroides ureolyticus from the genital tract of men with and without non-conococcal urethritis. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 9, 825–826 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967383

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