Mycoplasma Infection and Infertility
| Autor: | Toshio Wada, Yukihiro Nagata, Tsuyoshi Iwasaka |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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Adult
Infertility medicine.medical_specialty Cervix Uteri Biology medicine.disease_cause Ureaplasma Mycoplasma Japan Obstetrics and gynaecology Pregnancy Statistical significance medicine Humans Mycoplasma Infections Gynecology business.industry Obstetrics Incidence (epidemiology) Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Reproductive Medicine Female Mycoplasma hominis infection business Infertility Female Ureaplasma urealyticum |
| Zdroj: | Fertility and Sterility. 31:392-395 |
| ISSN: | 0015-0282 |
| Popis: | Attempts were made to isolate mycoplasmas from the uterine cervix of infertile women and normal pregnant and nonpregnant women to investigate the relationship of genital mycoplasma infection to infertility. Ureaplasma urealyticum was demonstrated in 63% of patients with infertility, 68% of normal pregnant women, and 62% of normal nonpregnant women. The incidence of Mycoplasma hominis infection was found to be noticeably lower, with corresponding isolation rates of 10%,11%, and 6%, respectively. The differences in rate of isolation for U. urealyticum and for M. hominis among the three groups did not reach statistical significance. During a follow-up period of more than 12 months without any treatment for mycoplasma infection in the infertile cases, 11 women (27.5%) became pregnant. These included 7 (28%) of 25 women with positive U. urealyticum cultures. The results demonstrate a fairly high incidence of female genital infection with U. urealyticum which, as the data would indicate, cannot be directly associated with infertility. |
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