Hackel H, Hartmann A A, Elsner P, Burg G
Department of Dermato-Venereology, Bavarian Julius-Maximilians University, Würzburg, FRG.
Dermatologica. 1990;180(2):76-8. doi: 10.1159/000247995.
Ureaplasma urealyticum is one of the microorganisms possibly causing nongonococcal urethritis. In a prospective study, 606 men without urethritis presented to an STD clinic in a rural West German region were investigated for the prevalence of U. urealyticum in the urethra. The overall isolation rate of the organism was 21.3%. Analyzing patients grouped by clinical diagnoses, the isolation rate of U. urealyticum was significantly higher in the genital warts group (25%) and in the partner's control group (35%) than in the group of patients suffering from fertility disorder (15.2%) or balanitis (14%). These findings stress the importance and the difficulty to select the appropriate controls in clinical studies concerning the role of U. urealyticum in the male urethra.
解脲脲原体是可能导致非淋菌性尿道炎的微生物之一。在一项前瞻性研究中，对德国西部农村地区一家性传播疾病诊所的606名无尿道炎男性进行了尿道解脲脲原体感染率调查。该微生物的总体分离率为21.3%。按临床诊断分组分析患者，尖锐湿疣组（25%）和解脲脲原体在伴侣对照组（35%）中的分离率显著高于患有生育障碍组（15.2%）或龟头炎组（14%）。这些发现强调了在关于解脲脲原体在男性尿道中作用的临床研究中选择合适对照的重要性和困难。
