DISEASE NAME:
Non-specific urethritis
CATEGORY:
STIs
Non-specific urethritis
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Last updated: 30 September 2019
Case Definitions
Clinical criteria
Any person with urethral inflammation that is not the result of infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Laboratory criteria
No evidence of N. gonorrhoeae infection by culture, gram stain, or antigen or nucleic acid detection
Epidemiological criteria
NA
Case classification
A. Possible case
NA
B. Probable case
NA
C. Confirmed case
Any male meeting the clinical criteria in whom gonorrhoea is not found, either by culture, gram stain, or antigen or nucleic acid detection
Current as of: 24 January 2019
Information, Data and Reports for Non-specific urethritis
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