title: Mycoplasmal antibodies as determined with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, in tubal factor infertility.
abstract: A total of 81 infertile women, who had been referred for diagnostic loparoscopy, were tested for the presence of antibodies to Mycoplasma hominis and T-mycoplasma. Out of 81, 30 had tubal adhesions and 51 had unilateral/bilateral tubal blockage. Antibodies to M. hominis were found in 21/30 (70%) and 14/51 (27.45%) women, antibodies to T-mycoplasma in 12/20 (40% and 39/51 (76.47%) women with tubal disorder. In a control group of 40 pregnant women, antibodies to the same two organisms occurred in 10% and 32.5%. Antibodies to M. hominis and T-mycoplasma were significantly (P < 0.001) more common in women with tubal disorder. Our results confirm the important role of M. hominis and T-mycoplasma in the aetiology of tubal infertility.
authors.affiliation: NRCRM, Sewar, Bharatpur.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tyagi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000382:microbiology*; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009180:Mycoplasmatales Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G