Candida albicans urethritis; report of a case.
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A married man, 54 years of age, attended the clinic on October 17, 1955, complaining of urethral discharge, constant urethral irritation, and slight frequency of micturition of 3 days' duration. He had been in good health until the onset of these symptoms. Extra-marital coitus was denied. There was a very scanty, thin, greyish, mucopurulent urethral discharge. The glans penis and prepuce were normal. The prostate felt normal. The three-glass urine test showed:
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 34 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1958