Abstract
RECENT sexual intercourse has been established as an important risk factor for acute cystitis in women.<sup>1-3</sup>Intercourse probably predisposes women to infection by facilitating entry of urethral<i>Escherichia coli</i>into the normally sterile bladder, not by actual venereal transmission of bacteria.<sup>2,3</sup>The role of sexual intercourse as a predisposing factor for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in men has not been studied, to our knowledge, but is generally believed to be unimportant. We describe a 54-year-old man who experienced acute cystitis that was temporally related to recent sexual intercourse and was caused by an<i>E coli</i>strain with the same antibiotic susceptibility pattern and serotype that had just previously infected his wife. <h3>Report of a Case</h3> A 59-year-old woman had Raynaud's disease but an otherwise noncontributory medical history. In August 1977, she experienced symptoms of a lower UTI for the first time in her life. A clean-catch, midstream urine
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