title: The role of mycoplasmas in the upper genital tract of women.
abstract: Mycoplasma hominis is isolated from the cervix of 10-20% of healthy, fertile women. In contrast, the organism is recovered from the lower genital tract of 50-70% of women with pelvic inflammatory disease. Moreover, a significant antibody response to M. hominis is found in one-fourth of all patients with clinical and/or laparoscopic signs of pelvic inflammatory disease. These results suggest that M. hominis is etiologically involved in inflammation in approximately 25% of patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease and in approximately 40% of women from whose cervix the organism is isolated.
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004716:Endometritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial