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Urethral Discharge
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N .L.Sharma, V.K.Mahajan. Urethral Discharge. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2007;20(2):158–159.
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Urethral discharge is a common sexually transmitted infection among patients of 20-24 years of age and comprises about 15-20% of patients attending STD clinics in India. It results from urethritis and can be due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcal urethritis), Chlamydia trachomatis or non-chlamydial infections (non-gonococcal urethritis). Associated symptoms include dysuria, increased urinary frequency and meatal pruritis or redness. In gonococcal urethritis profuse purulent urethral discharge is usually associated with severe symptoms. As the infection resolves the discharge becomes scanty and mucopurulent or mucoid.