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==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
The urithritis was first described by Albert Neisser, a german doctor in 1879.<ref name="pmid8976858">{{cite journal |vauthors=Oriel JD |title=The history of non-gonococcal urethritis |journal=Genitourin Med |volume=72 |issue=5 |pages=374–9 |year=1996 |pmid=8976858 |pmc=1195709 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | The urithritis was first described by Albert Neisser, a german doctor in 1879.<ref name="pmid8976858">{{cite journal |vauthors=Oriel JD |title=The history of non-gonococcal urethritis |journal=Genitourin Med |volume=72 |issue=5 |pages=374–9 |year=1996 |pmid=8976858 |pmc=1195709 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
==Classification== | |||
Based on etiology of urethritis, it is classified in to two main group, '''''infectious''''' and '''''non-infectious'''''. The non-infectious causes further divided to '''''gonococcal''''' and '''''non-gonococcal''''' | |||
==Pathophysiology== | ==Pathophysiology== | ||
Urethritis is a genital tract inflammation mostly due to infectious causes. Its pathogenesis depends on underlying pathogen. | Urethritis is a genital tract inflammation mostly due to infectious causes. Its pathogenesis depends on underlying pathogen. | ||
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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]
Historical Perspective
The urithritis was first described by Albert Neisser, a german doctor in 1879.[1]
Classification
Based on etiology of urethritis, it is classified in to two main group, infectious and non-infectious. The non-infectious causes further divided to gonococcal and non-gonococcal
Pathophysiology
Urethritis is a genital tract inflammation mostly due to infectious causes. Its pathogenesis depends on underlying pathogen.
- N. gonorrhoeae is usually transmitted via the genital tract to the human host
- Following attachment to host cell which is mediated by pili, gonococci become engulfed in a process known as parasite-directed endocytosis. This organism will survive inside the vacuoles and replicate.[2]
- Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common pathogen among non gonorrheal causes.
- Infectious process starts by cell surface attachment and phagocytosis by host cell. This pathogen survives inside the cell by debilitating the cellular lysosomes and replicate as elementary bodies (the infective form of pathogen).[3][4]
References
- ↑ Oriel JD (1996). "The history of non-gonococcal urethritis". Genitourin Med. 72 (5): 374–9. PMC 1195709. PMID 8976858.
- ↑ Scheuerpflug I, Rudel T, Ryll R, Pandit J, Meyer TF (1999). "Roles of PilC and PilE proteins in pilus-mediated adherence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis to human erythrocytes and endothelial and epithelial cells". Infect. Immun. 67 (2): 834–43. PMC 96394. PMID 9916098.
- ↑ Beatty, Wandy L., Richard P. Morrison, and Gerald I. Byrne. "Persistent chlamydiae: from cell culture to a paradigm for chlamydial pathogenesis." Microbiological reviews 58.4 (1994): 686-699.
- ↑ Baron, Samuel. Medical microbiology. Galveston, Tex: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 1996. Print.