Acorn Inflammation (Balanitis): Test and Diagnosis

2nd order laboratory parameters – depending on the results of the history, physical examination and obligatory laboratory parameters – for differential diagnostic clarification.

  • Urine status (rapid test for: pH, leukocytes, nitrite, protein, glucose, ketone, urobilinogen, bilirubin, blood), sediment.
  • Bacteriology/pathogen smear (pathogen determination and resistogram).
  • In case of ulceration (ulceration):
    • Herpes simplex virus culture
    • Dark-field microscopic examination for spirochete (Treponema pallidum); syphilis serology/Treponema pallidum PCR.
  • Gonorrhea diagnostics
  • Chlamydia diagnostics – for urethritis (inflammation of the urethra).
  • Biopsy (tissue sampling) – in unclear diagnosis or prolonged disease.