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Urethritis - male - Background information
What is it?
- Urethritis is inflammation of the urethra, and is usually (but not always) caused by a sexually transmitted infection.
- Urethritis is classified as gonococcal urethritis, non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), or persistent/recurrent urethritis.
- The term non-specific urethritis (NSU) applies to non-gonococcal, non-chlamydial urethritis, and to avoid confusion should be avoided.
- Persistent/recurrent urethritis is urethritis occurring 30–90 days after treatment for acute NGU.
[BASHH, 2007; Shahmanesh et al, 2009]
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