Prevalence and Detection of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in Endocervical Specimens from Women with Genitourinary Tract Diseases in Iran

摘要

Background: Mycoplasma can be isolated with considerable frequency from the female urogenital tracts. Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis are important genital mycoplasmas and known as sexually transmitted agents, causing mainly urethritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, spontaneous abortion, pyelonephritis, infertility, stillbirth, low birth weight, neonatal meningititis, and neonatal pneumonia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of Mycoplasma infections in women of reproductive age.Keywords: Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, Genital mycoplasma, Genitourinary tract diseases