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Urethritis in Men (cont.)

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Author: Lisa D. Mills, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis.

Coauthor(s): Trevor Mills, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing editors:

Editors: Scott H. Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James Quinn, MD, Director of Research Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine University of California at San Francisco Medical Center.

REFERENCES:

Gaydos, C.A., N. Maldeis, A. Hardick, J. Hardick, and T.C. Quinn. "Mycoplasma Genitalium Compared to Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomonas as an Etiologic Agent of Urethritis in Men Attending STD Clinics." Sex Transm Infect. Apr. 20, 2009.

Moi, H., N. Reinton, and A. Moghaddam. "Mycoplasma Genitalium Is Associated With Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Non-gonococcal Urethritis in Men." Sex Transm Infect 85 Feb. 2009: 15-18..

Shahmanesh, M., H. Moi, F. Lassau, and M. Janier. "2009 European Guideline on the Management of Male Non-gonococcal Urethritis." Int J STD AIDS 20.7 July 2009: 458-464.

United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "2006 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases." MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 55(RR-11): 1-94.

Wetmore, C.M., L.E. Manhart, and M.R. Golden. "Idiopathic Urethritis in Young Men in the United States: Prevalence and Comparison to Infections With Known Sexually Transmitted Pathogens." J Adolesc Health 45.5 Nov. 2009: 463-472.


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