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Koki Maeda1, Katsumi Shigemura1, Yong-Ming Yang1
1Department of Urology Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Kobe Japan.
Introduction:
In the field of sexually transmitted diseases, resistance and diversification of causative organisms are becoming a problem. We report a case in which the course of the disease was complicated by doctor shopping.
Case Presentation:
A man in his 40s visited his local doctor for painful urination and cloudy urine. Due to the lack of improvement in symptoms after antibiotic treatment, he self-selected to visit six hospitals in just five months. He visited our clinic only a few times and then stopped coming.
Conclusion:
Doctor shopping, as well as self-diagnosis and self-treatment, will continue to increase. Patient education is important, but medical professionals also need to be aware of the possibility of doctor shopping when treating patients.
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