[Mycoplasma genitalium should be suspected in unspecific urethritis and cervicitis. A study from Vasterbotten confirms the high prevalence of the bacteria].
The microbe Mycoplasma genitalium has in several studies been proposed as an individual cause of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) in men, and has been associated with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and salpingitis. The prevalence of M genitalium has generally been 50-90% of the prevalence of C trachomatis, and this seems to be the case in Sweden as well. This is the first study of the pathogenesis and prevalence of M genitalium in northern Sweden. In total 823 samples, 340 from women and 483 from men, were screened for M genitalium by using a PCR method. Thirtythree (4.0%) patients, 13 (3.8%) women and 20 (4.1%) men, were infected by M genitalium. In the same group 60 (7.3%) patients, 16 (4.7%) women and 44 (9.1%) men, were infected by Chlamydia trachomatis. None of the 22 patients that were tested after treatment with azitromycin was still infected.
Mellenius
Harriet
H
hame6444@student.uu.se
Boman
Jens
J
Lundqvist
Elisabet Nylander
EN
Jensen
Jørgen Skov
JS
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D045704:Mycoplasma genitalium / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014526:Urethritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017963:Azithromycin