[Efficacy and safety of levofloxacin to non-gonorrheal urethritis].

We investigated the efficacy and safety of levofloxacin (LVFX) 500mg once a day in patients with non-gonorrheal urethritis. Men, aged 20 years or older, with urethritis symptoms, and detection of Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) or Mycoplasma genitalium (M.

Examination of the correlation between the manual and automated serological testing methods for syphilis.

We evaluated the correlation between the conventional manual serological testing method for syphilis and a novel automated serological testing method and between six different reagents used in the automated method. Twenty-six serum samples, which were positive on non-treponemal manual serological testing, were obtained from 19 patients with early syphilis. The samples were manually analyzed using the non-treponemal serological test for syphilis kit and automatically analyzed using six different reagents approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan.

[Bacteriological and epidemiological study on Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from the pharyngeal specimens of male and female patients with gonorrhea].

Neisseria gonorrhoeae were isolated from pharyngeal specimens of male and female patients and also from urethral and cervical discharges of male and female patients, respectively, suspected of having gonococcal infections in a urologic clinic in Kawasaki City. Microbiological and epidemiological studies were performed in 127 male and 41 female patients. The specimens were streaked onto the modified Thayer-Martin Selective Agar and the plates were incubated at 35 degrees C for 48 h under an atmosphere of 10% CO2.