NGU is most often found in men since the organisms causing this infection are sexually transmitted and the female urethra is seldom infected during intercourse. Men between the ages of 15 and 30 having multiple sex partners are most at risk for this infection. NGU is spread almost exclusively through sexual contact involving penis to vagina or penis to rectum contact. The symptoms associated with NGU usually appear from one to five weeks after infection.
Some people never develop obvious symptoms throughout their infection.
A person can spread NGU from the time they are infected until they are cured. Past infection with NGU does not protect a person from contracting the disease again. NGU is treated through the use of antibiotics such as tetracycline. More importantly, they may infect sexual partners.