title: Frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma species in cervical samples.
abstract: We investigated the relative frequencies of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma sp. in cervical samples. PCR analyses were performed in ectocervical and endocervical samples from 224 patients attending public health services in Belo Horizonte and Contagem, Minas Gerais Brazil. A high prevalence of colonisation of the cervix (6.3% for C. trachomatis, 4.0% for N. gonorrhoeae, 0.9% for M. genitalium, 21.9% for M. hominis, 38.4% for Ureaplasma sp.) was demonstrated not only for pathogens classically associated to cervicitis (C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae), but also for M. hominis and Ureaplasma sp. These findings may be useful to guide more adequate diagnosis to interrupt transmission and to avoid negative impacts on the female reproductive tract.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: P Á
authors.initials: PÁ
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.forename: M Do Carmo M
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: T C A
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D045704:Mycoplasma genitalium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009504:Neutrophils; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial