Journal article

How men with non-chlamydial, non-gonococcal urethritis are managed in Australasia

R Teague, CK Fairley, D Newton, C Bradshaw, B Donovan, F Bowden, R Cummings, MY Chen

International Journal of STD and AIDS | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2008

Abstract

The aim of this study was to ascertain how sexual health physicians in Australia and New Zealand manage men with chlamydia-negative non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), particularly in relation to the notification of their female sexual partners. In July 2006, a cross-section survey was sent out to all the members of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine. Seventy-three percent of sexual health physicians believed that female partners of men who present with chlamydia-negative NGU were at risk of adverse reproductive health outcomes. At least 62% usually initiated some form of partner notification of female partners of men with chlamydia-negative NGU. However, only 19% (21/111) of se..

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

MC and CB are supported by National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowships 400399 and 465164, respectively. We thank Ursula Barwick and Suzanne Marks of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine for their assistance in organizing and mailing out the survey material.