Chlamydia and non-specific urethritis.

Segura J W, Smith T F, Weed L A, Pettersen G R

J Urol. 1977 Jun;117(6):720-1. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)58599-7.

Chlamydia organisms were found in 42 per cent of patients with non-specific urethritis and these organisms probably were the cause of the urethritis. Contact is by venereal means. The drug of choice is 500 mg. tetracycline every 6 hours for 10 days.