Recent clinical relevance of mono-genital colonization/infection by Ureaplasma parvum
| Autor: | Liébana-Martos C, José Gutiérrez-Fernández, Víctor Siles-Guerrero, Fernando Vázquez-Alonso, Inmaculada Cardona-Benavides, Manuela Expósito-Ruiz, José María Navarro-Marí |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent 030106 microbiology Physiology Disease medicine.disease_cause Reproductive Tract Infections Ureaplasma 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Medical microbiology Sex Factors Pregnancy parasitic diseases medicine Prevalence Humans Clinical significance Sex organ 030212 general & internal medicine Pregnancy Complications Infectious Genitourinary system business.industry Ureaplasma Infections General Medicine Mycoplasma medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Ureaplasma parvum Cross-Sectional Studies Spain Female business Premature rupture of membranes |
| Zdroj: | European journal of clinical microbiologyinfectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 39(10) |
| ISSN: | 1435-4373 |
| Popis: | Ureaplasma parvum is the most prevalent genital mycoplasma in women of childbearing age. There is debate around the relevance of its presence in male or female genitals for disease development and as a cofactor. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of colonization/infection by U. parvum and its possible relationship with reproductive tract infections. We retrospectively analyzed the presence of U. parvum in patients referred by specialist clinicians for suspicion of genitourinary tract infection. U. parvum was detected in 23.8% of samples, significantly more frequently in females (39.9%) than in males (6%). Among the males, U. parvum was found alone in 68.4% of episodes, with Ct |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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