CHLAMYDIA AND NONGONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS

Chlamydia trachomatis remains the most important bacterial sexually tr ansmitted disease in developed countries. Improvements in diagnostic t ests and strategies for its treatment mean that better screening and c ontrol is feasible where there is the political will to invest in such an approach. The importance of asymptomatic urethral infections with C. trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Mycoplasma genitalium in men has been highlighted by recent studies. Our understanding of the immu nopathology of C. trachomatis continues to improve.