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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.