Prevalence of Mycoplasma hominis in patients with gynecologic diseases and abortion in the 2nd--3rd month of pregnancy.
The presence of Mycoplasma hominis was investigated in 100 patients with gynecologic diseases, 20 infertility cases and 50 cases of abortion in the 2nd--3rd month of pregnancy. M. hominis could be isolated from the vaginal secretions of 20 patients with gynecologic diseases and of 3 infertility cases. Eighteen M. hominis isolates were recovered from 13 patients with abortion (8 strains from the placenta and 10 from vaginal secretions). High titers (1/64--1/512) of complement fixing antibodies to M. hominis were found in 16 patients with gynecologic diseases, 12 infertility and 17 abortion cases.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000382:microbiology*; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial