Chlamydial urethritis - male

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Male reproductive anatomy

• Difficulty urinating
  • Painful urination
  • Burning sensation during urination
• Discharge from the penis
• Testicular tenderness
• Redness, swelling of the opening of the urethra at tip of the penis

• The most common method to diagnose chlamydia is a with a test called PCR, which can detect the organism's genetic material in genital fluids
• Urethral discharge culture or genital fluid culture can also be performed

Review Date: 05/26/2006
Reviewed By: Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.