非淋菌性尿道炎に於けるPleuropneumonia-LikeOrganisms(PPLO)に関する研究 第I編:男子尿道炎に於けるPPLOの分離

Abstract

At the Urological Department of the Communications Hospital, Osaka, from 1954 to 1958, examination of the urogenital secretions of 637 patients for the presence of PleuropneumoniaLike Organisms (PPLO) gave the following results. 1) PPLO were isolated from 37 (11.4 per cent) ou t of a total of 326 male cases with non-gonococcal urethritis (99 were of the abacterial and 227 of bacterial type). Of 99 cases of abacterial non-gonococcal urethritis, 16 (16.2 per cent) gave a positive culture, including 5 with abundant pure cultures, and 21 (9.3 per cent) out of 227 cases of the bacterial type were positive for PPLO. 2) Of 215 cases of male gon o rrhoea, the urethral secretions were positive for PPLO in 6 (2.8 per cent). 3) In a gro u p of 63 apparently healthy men PPLO were found in only 2 cases (3.2 per cent), while they were recovered from 10 (30.3 per cent) of 33 presumably healthy women.