title: [Association between Mycoplasma genitalium and preterm labor].
abstract: M. genitalium was identified by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The samples were obtained from the posterior vaginal fornix between 21-25 gestation weeks and investigated for PH, Gram Stain for bacterial vaginosis; Chlamidia trachomartis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Trichomonas vaginalis. Of 102 pregnant women, only five had a PCR-positive for M. genitalium. The occurrence of M. genitalium in posterior vaginal fornix at midtrimester is infrequent in pregnant women and unlikely to be a contributing factor for spontaneous preterm birth.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Universiti-Varna.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kovachev
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Popova
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Protopopov
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minkov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsvetkova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000209:etiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000382:microbiology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000150:complications; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology