[Study on the mycoplasma infection status between healthy women and women with gential tract inflammation]

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2007 Jan;28(1):46-8.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To study and compare the pathogenicity and pathogenic condition of Ureaplasma urealyticum (Uu) and Mycoplasma homonis (Mh) between healthy women and women with gential tract inflammation.

Methods: To collect the gential tract secretion in the two groups and detect the infectious ratio and color change unit ( CCU) concentration. Together with data gathered from questionnaires, we studied the mycoplasma infectious status between the two kinds of people.

Results: The positive rate was 76. 1 % in women with gential inflammation, higher than in healthy women whose positive rate was 42.2% (chi(2) = 45.1862, P< 0.0001). Mixed infection of Uu and Mh was popular in infected women. Healthy women were easier to be infected by Uu or Mh( Uu, Uu + Mh: X(2) = 39.5956, P< 0.0001; Mh,Uu + Mh: X(2)= 13.2935, P= 0.0003). The result of CCU concentration showed the infected concentration in women with gential tract inflammation was higher than healthy women(Uu: Z = 7. 1058, P< 0.0001; Mh: Z= 8.7201, P< 0.0001). Uu and Mh were commonl sensitively in every age.

Conclusion: Both Uu and Mh were conditioned pathogens. The two kinds of mycoplasma had cooperated pathogenic effects which was easily leading to clinical symptom in the high infectious concentration.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • China / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Genital Diseases, Female / epidemiology
  • Genital Diseases, Female / immunology*
  • Genital Diseases, Female / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoplasma / genetics
  • Mycoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Mycoplasma Infections / epidemiology*
  • Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology
  • Ureaplasma Infections / epidemiology*
  • Ureaplasma Infections / microbiology
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum / genetics
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum / isolation & purification
  • Women's Health*
  • Young Adult