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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
Urethritis may be caused by either infectious or non infectious causes. Gonorrhea is still the most common cause of urethritis.
Causes
Urethritis may be caused by either infectious or non infectious causes. Infectious causes are divided to gonorrheal and non-gonorrheal[1]. Gonorrhea is still the most common cause of urethritis, universally[1][2].
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| Non Infectious causes[3] | Infectious causes[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heavy precipitation of urinary crystals Chemicals bobble bath Stevens-Johnson syndrome Spermicides | Gonococcal Urethritis | Nongonococcal Urethritis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chlamydia trachomatis Trichomonas vaginalis Mycoplasma genitalium Herpes simplex virus Adenovirus Ureaplasma urealyticum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Al-Sweih NA, Khan S, Rotimi VO (2011). "The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among men with urethritis in Kuwait". J Infect Public Health. 4 (4): 175–9. doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2011.07.003. PMID 22000844.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Le Roux MC, Ramoncha MR, Adam A, Hoosen AA (2010). "Aetiological agents of urethritis in symptomatic South African men attending a family practice". Int J STD AIDS. 21 (7): 477–81. doi:10.1258/ijsa.2010.010066. PMID 20852197.
- ↑ Herz D, Weiser A, Collette T, Reda E, Levitt S, Franco I (2005). "Dysfunctional elimination syndrome as an etiology of idiopathic urethritis in childhood". J. Urol. 173 (6): 2132–7. doi:10.1097/01.ju.0000157686.28359.c7. PMID 15879866.