Urethritis natural history, complications and prognosis

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If left untreated it resolve within 3 months in 95% of people with gonococcal urethritis. The symptoms of nongonococcal urethritis generally abate within 3 months in 30% to 70% of untreated people.Bennett, John (2015). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 9781455748013.