title: Serological evidence implicating Mycoplasma genitalium in pelvic inflammatory disease.
abstract: 31 women with acute pelvic inflammatory disease, in whom serum antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma hominis could not be detected, were examined for antibodies to Mycoplasma genitalium by a microimmunofluorescence technique. About 40% of them had a fourfold or greater change in the titre of antibody during the one-month period after the onset of disease. This evidence implicates M genitalium in the aetiology of pelvic inflammatory disease.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G