Anaerobic balanoposthitis

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1982 Mar 20;284(6319):859-60. doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6319.859.

Abstract

To assess the causative role of non-sporing anaerobes in cass of erosive balanoposthitis, anaerobic culture was performed on purulent discharges from 104 patients with penile ulceration, a foul-smelling discharge, and a mixed and motile bacterial flora. Most of 29 culturally confirmed infections were due to mixed anaerobes and eight to single anaerobes. A rapid response to treatment with metronidazole also confirmed the anaerobic cause of the infection. Thus, acute anaerobic balanoposthitis can be readily diagnosed clinically and is easily treated.

MeSH terms

  • Balanitis / drug therapy
  • Balanitis / microbiology*
  • Eikenella corrodens / isolation & purification
  • Fusobacterium / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Prevotella melaninogenica / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Metronidazole