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We determined the prevalence of three emergent urogenital mycoplasma species (M. fermentans, M. penetrans, and M. genitalium) in comparison to the most common species (M. hominis and U. urealyticum). M. genitalium is probably the third most frequent agent of nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) in men. It has been suggested that M. fermentans and M. penetrans play a role in the development of AIDS. We analysed the urine and the urethral swab samples from 106 HIV-1 infected individuals (HIV group) and 110 HIV-negative patients with NGU (STD group) by using PCR and culture methods. M. genitalium was detected in 0.9% of the urine and in 1.9% of the urethral samples from the HIV group, compared to 9.1% found only in urethral swab samples from the STD group. M. fermentans was detected in 5.7% urethral swabs from the HIV group and in 0.9% from the STD group. M. penetrans was detected in 6.6% urine samples from the HIV group. M. hominis and U. urealyticum showed infection rates of 7.5 and 18.9% in the HIV group, and 0.9 and 13.6% in the STD group. Overall there was a higher prevalence of mycoplasmas in the HIV group than in the STD group, but the significance of these results remains unclear.
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- Author
- Caio M. M. Cordova; Alain Blanchard; Regina A. F. Cunha
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0887-8013)
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)