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Would you give treatment to a male patient with subjective dysuria but no objective pyuria with Ureaplasma urealyticum detected by PCR from urine?

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Would you provide treatment to a male patient with subjective dysuria but no objective pyuria, with Ureaplasma urealyticum detected by PCR from urine?

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Infectious Disease · University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD
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No treatment is indicated. First, dysuria alone in males is not an STD symptom; published research is clear that discharge is required to suspect urethritis. The absence of urine WBCs (i.e. no pyuria) is a pretty good substitute for examining for discharge - not perfect but makes urethritis unlikely...

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