William Adelman

OVERVIEW: What every practitioner needs to know Urethritis is a condition of inflammation of the urethra, resulting from infectious and noninfectious causes. N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis are clinically important sexually transmitted causes of urethritis, and Mycoplasma genitalium is also a significant cause of urethritis. All patients with suspected urethritis should be tested for gonorrhea…

OVERVIEW: What every practitioner needs to know Are you sure your patient has epididymitis? What are the typical findings for this disease? Acute epididymitis is an inflammation of the epididymis lasting less than 6 weeks that is caused by infection or trauma. In the pediatric, adolescent, and young adult population younger than age 35 years,…