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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The urithritis was first described by Neisser in 1879. | The urithritis was first described by Albert Neisser, a german doctor in 1879. | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
*In 1879, Neisser discovered the gonococcus and for the first time, the term “urethritis non‐gonorrhoica” was coined. | *In 1879, Neisser discovered the gonococcus and for the first time, the term “urethritis non‐gonorrhoica” was coined. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]
Overview
The urithritis was first described by Albert Neisser, a german doctor in 1879.
Historical Perspective
- In 1879, Neisser discovered the gonococcus and for the first time, the term “urethritis non‐gonorrhoica” was coined.
- In 1904, Ludwig Waelsch described mild nongonococcal urethritis.
- After that Chlamydozoa, was described as infectious agent, that may cause nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) at that time called, Waelsch urethritis.
- In the 1930s and later, Philip Thygeson and others in the United States confirmed the baby—mother— nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) relationship.[1]