title: Co-occurrence of urogenital mycoplasmas and group B streptococci with chlamydial cervicitis.
abstract: The aim of our study was to evaluate whether in women with chlamydial cervicitis urogenital mycoplasmas and group B streptococci (GBS) colonization is found more often than among women with non-chlamydial cervicitis. This study included 351 (mean age 31.7 +/- 6.82) not pregnant, menstruating, sexually active women. We confirmed a high frequency (49.3%) of C. trachomatis infection among women with cervicitis. Cervical ectopia was confirmed in 26.5% of examined women, in half of them ectopia was associated with chlamydial infection. We did not notice differences in frequency of colonization by urogenital mycoplasmas and GBS among women with chlamydial and non-chlamydial cervicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Friedek
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekiel
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romanik
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chelmicki
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiechula
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wilk
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Józwiak
authors.forename: Gayane
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martirosian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000254:growth & development*; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000382:microbiology*