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A member asked:

If i am clean and my wife is clean, how come i got a possitive ngu (non-gonococcal urethritis)result while she is negative when we have a check up?

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Dr. Elliot Reisman answered

Specializes in Urology

Past experience: Either one of you got it from someone. May have had intervening treatment.

Answered 3/12/2013

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