Urinary Meatal Swabbing Detects More Men Infected With Mycoplasma genitalium and Four Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Than First Catch Urine

Sex Transm Dis. 2017 Aug;44(8):489-491. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000618.

Abstract

Urinary meatal swabs compared with urine showed higher infection rates for Mycoplasma genitalium (15.3% vs 12.6%, P = 0.035), Chlamydia trachomatis (11.3% vs 9.3%, P = 0.039), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (1.4% vs 1.1%, P = 1.00), Trichomonas vaginalis (8.0% vs 1.7%, P < 0.001), and high-risk human papillomavirus (5.9% vs 3.4%, P = 0.078) respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Chlamydia Infections / microbiology
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Gonorrhea / diagnosis*
  • Gonorrhea / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycoplasma Infections / diagnosis*
  • Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology
  • Mycoplasma genitalium / isolation & purification
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / isolation & purification
  • Papillomaviridae / isolation & purification
  • Papillomavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Papillomavirus Infections / virology
  • Self Administration
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / microbiology
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / parasitology
  • Specimen Handling
  • Trichomonas Vaginitis / diagnosis*
  • Trichomonas Vaginitis / parasitology
  • Trichomonas vaginalis / isolation & purification
  • Urethra / microbiology
  • Urethra / parasitology
  • Urine / microbiology
  • Urine / parasitology
  • Young Adult