title: [Study on the infections of U. urealyticum, M. hominis, and C. trachomatis in patients with venereal diseases and healthy controls in three areas of China].
abstract: Two hundred and thiry-nine patients with venereal diseases and 264 healthy controls, from Yichang, Liuzhou, and Beijing, were detected for the antibodies to Ureaplasma urealyticum (Uu). Mycoplasma hominis (Mh), and Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) by indirect hemagglutination (IHA) in 1990. The results showed that: 1) in patients with venereal diseases, the positive rates was the highest in Ct (27.62%), higher in Uu (17.57%), and lower in Mh (4.18%); 2) the levels of antibody to Ct and Uu were significantly higher in the patients than in the healthy controls; 3) in the patients, the positive rate of antibody to Ct was the highest in Beijing (55.88%), whereas, the lowest in Yichang (15.28%); the prevalence rate of antibody to Uu was the highest in Liuzhou (26.23%), whereas, the lowest in Beijing (5.88%); the level of antibody to Mh was not significantly different in the areas mentioned; and 4) the patients with venereal diseases were commonly complicated with infections caused by Ct, Uu, and Mh, there was a new problem to control and treat venereal diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Nanjing Railway Medical College.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial