Latif A S
Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Cent Afr J Med. 1998 Sep;44(9):236-41.
In men urethral discharge is commonly caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. Both organisms cause an acute anterior urethritis and infected men usually present with symptoms of urethritis. A proportion of men with urethral infection may remain asymptomatic. Amongst women the common cause of vaginal discharge is vaginitis caused by Trichomonas vaginalis, Candida albicans and anaerobic bacterial infection (bacterial vaginosis). However, cervicitis caused by N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis also causes vaginal discharge. Cervicitis is the more serious cause of vaginal discharge as the aetiologic agents may lead to infection ascending above the internal os of the cervix resulting in pelvic inflammatory disease and other complications.
在男性中，尿道分泌物通常由淋病奈瑟菌和沙眼衣原体引起。这两种病原体都会导致急性前尿道炎，受感染的男性通常会出现尿道炎症状。一部分尿道感染的男性可能没有症状。在女性中，阴道分泌物的常见原因是由阴道毛滴虫、白色念珠菌和厌氧菌感染（细菌性阴道病）引起的阴道炎。然而，淋病奈瑟菌和沙眼衣原体引起的宫颈炎也会导致阴道分泌物。宫颈炎是导致阴道分泌物的更严重原因，因为病原体可能导致感染向上蔓延至宫颈内口以上，从而导致盆腔炎和其他并发症。
