Review Article
Molecular Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis in the United States
Table 1
Factors that attempt to distinguish male nongonococcal urethritis from those cases caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
| | Factor | Gonococcal urethritis | Nongonococcal urethritis | Reference(s) |
| | Typical incubation period | 2–5 days | 7–14 days | [14, 15] | | Range of symptom onset | 1–10 days | 2–35 days | [14, 15] | | Frank purulent discharge (% of cases) | 75 | 11–33 | [16, 17] | | Mucopurulent discharge (% of cases) | 25 | 50 | [16, 17] | | Clear or moderately viscid discharge (% of cases) | 4 | 10–50 | [16, 17] | | Dysuria (% of cases) | 73–88 | 53–75 | [16, 18] | | Combination of dysuria and discharge (% of cases) | 71 | 38 | [16] |
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