Mycoplasma genitalium infection in women attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic: diagnostic specimen type, coinfections, and predictors.
In female sexually transmitted infection clinic attendees, Mycoplasma genitalium was more frequently detected using vaginal (53/73) versus endocervical (43/73) specimens. In women without other sexually transmitted infections, M. genitalium detection (N = 44) was associated with age ≤22 years (odds ratio, 2.53; P = 0.006) and clinical evidence of cervicitis (odds ratio, 2.11; P = 0.03).
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 25799, USA. victoria_mobley@med.unc.edu
Victoria L
VL
Mobley
Marcia M
MM
Hobbs
Karen
K
Lau
Barbara S
BS
Weinbaum
Damon K
DK
Getman
Arlene C
AC
Seña
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D060085:Coinfection; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D045704:Mycoplasma genitalium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
D004269:DNA, Bacterial