T-STRAIN MYCOPLASMA AND NON-GONOCOCAL RETHRITIS

Abstract

The incidence of T-strain mycoplasma was studied in 36 men with gonococal urethritis (GU), 56 men with non-GU, 59 normal, symptom-free men with no leucocytes in their urethral smears and 37 symptom-free men showing leucocytes in their urethral smears. There was no significant difference in the rate of isolation of T-strain mycoplasma in our different groups. The isolation rate for M. hominis was significantly higher in symptom-free men than in men with GU or NGU. We could not detect serological evidence of recent infection with M. hominis or T -strain mycoplatsmas in any of our 92 patients studied.