Publications
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| [possibilities of colposcopy in the diagnostics of cervical chlamydia-mycoplasmatic infections (population prospective study)]. | possibilities of colposcopy in the diagnostics of cervical chlamydia-mycoplastic infections are less investigated. the aim of given work was the study of this problem. colposcopic examination was performed in 952 women (age - from 16 to 67) asked to clinics for examination and more precise definition of diagnosis because of different complaints. it was revealed specific colposcopic features of chlamydia-mycoplastic genital infections, which were compared with the results obtained from "gold stan ... | 2006 | 16705218 |
| [prevalence of the hiv infection and five other sexually-transmitted infections among sex workers in niamey, niger]. | we performed a systematic screening of hiv infection and five other sexually transmitted infections on a consecutive sample of 529 female sex workers from niamey. hiv seroprevalence rate was 30.1%, with hiv-1 profile in 93.1% of the cases. for curable sti, 4.7% of women had treponematosis, 7% gonorrhoea, 16.8% gardnerella vaginalis, 36.9% mycoplasma hominis and 68.2% chlamydia trachomatis infection. the percentage of women with at least one sti was significantly higher in hiv positive's: 95.6% a ... | 2006 | 16568677 |
| genetic differentiation by nucleic acid homology ii. genotypic variations within two mycoplasma species. | somerson, norman l. (national institutes of health, bethesda, md.), paul r. reich, barbara e. walls, robert m. chanock, and sherman m. weissman. genetic differentiation by nucleic acid homology. ii. genotypic variations within two mycoplasma species. j. bacteriol. 92:311-317. 1966.-a deoxyribonucleic-ribonucleic acid (dna-rna) homology technique was used to determine genetic relatedness among the nucleic acids of eight mycoplasmas which were serologically classified as mycoplasma hominis type 1. ... | 1966 | 16562112 |
| ultrastructure of mycoplasma hominis. | anderson, douglas r. (national cancer institute, bethesda, md.), and michael f. barile. ultrastructure of mycoplasma hominis. j. bacteriol. 90:180-192. 1965.-both thin-sectioning and negative staining were used in an electron microscopic study of the morphology of pleuropneumonia-like organism (pplo) strain hep-2 (mycoplasma hominis, type i) grown in an artificial liquid medium. the morphology is quite variable and seems to depend, in part, on the age of the culture. the smallest form observed ( ... | 1965 | 16562016 |
| identification of mycoplasmataceae by the fluorescent antibody method. | clark, harold w. (the george washington university, washington, d.c.), jack s. bailey, richard c. fowler, and thomas mcp. brown. identification of mycoplasmataceae by the fluorescent antibody method. j. bacteriol. 85:111-118. 1963.-the conditions of the fluorescent antibody reactions were studied in relation to their application to mycoplasmataceae or pleuropneumonia-like organisms (pplo). mycoplasma hominis type 1 and 2 antigens and their homologous antisera were used to determine the activity ... | 1963 | 16561985 |
| mycoplasma hominis attaches to and locates intracellularly in human spermatozoa. | the study of sperm-mycoplasma interaction has been focused on the effects of infection on sperm quality, but few studies have reported the direct interaction of this bacterium with spermatozoa. | 2006 | 16549424 |
| extracellular 70-kd heat shock protein in mid-trimester amniotic fluid and its effect on cytokine production by ex vivo-cultured amniotic fluid cells. | the 70-kd heat shock protein is released from cells in response to stress and functions as a regulator of innate immunity. we hypothesized that 70-kd heat shock protein in mid-trimester amniotic fluid might regulate local immune system activation. | 2006 | 16522399 |
| emergence of a 23s rrna mutation in mycoplasma hominis associated with a loss of the intrinsic resistance to erythromycin and azithromycin. | mycoplasma hominis is intrinsically resistant to 14- and 15-membered macrolides and to the ketolide telithromycin but is susceptible to josamycin, a 16-membered macrolide, and lincosamides. the aim of our study was to investigate the in vitro development of macrolide resistance in m. hominis and to study the impact of ribosomal mutations on mics of various macrolides and related antibiotics. | 2006 | 16464889 |
| [the implication of trichomoniasis and giardiasis in the development of inflammatory diseases of small pelvic organs]. | 2005 | 16445233 | |
| mycoplasma hominis deep wound infection after neuromuscular scoliosis surgery: the use of real-time polymerase chain reaction (pcr). | mycoplasma hominis is a commensal of the genitourinary tract. it mostly causes infections to associated structures of this system; however, occasionally it is a pathogen in nongenitourinary tract infections. since, m. hominis strains require special growth conditions and cannot be gram stained, they may be missed or delay diagnosis. this report describes a deep wound infection caused by m. hominis after neuromuscular scoliosis surgery; m. hominis was recovered by real-time polymerase chain react ... | 2006 | 16429284 |
| epididymal stereocilia in semen of infertile men: evidence of chronic epididymitis? | as free stereocilia in semen samples from infertile men could be related to a subclinical chronic infection of the seminal tract, we carried out a retrospective analysis of 14 files of infertile men with stereocilia in semen (group 1) and in two control groups: 30 infertile men from the same study population (group 2) and 40 fertile sperm donors (group 3). clinical, bacteriological, sonographic and microscopic findings associated with these semen samples were compared. epididymal cysts were foun ... | 2006 | 16420239 |
| genetic polymorphism of mycoplasmas: variability of cytoadhesin genes in clinical isolates of mycoplasma hominis. | 2005 | 16392748 | |
| association between preterm birth and vaginal colonization by mycoplasmas in early pregnancy. | to examine the association between colonization by two newly classified species of genital ureaplasmas (ureaplasma parvum and u. urealyticum) in early pregnancy and subsequent late abortion or preterm birth at <34 weeks of gestation, four species of genital mycoplasmas--mycoplasma genitalium, m. hominis, u. parvum, and u. urealyticum--as well as chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae were examined by pcr-based methods in a prospective cohort study of 877 women with singleton pregnancies ... | 2006 | 16390947 |
| relationship of u1 cell hiv-stimulatory activity to bacterial vaginosis and hiv genital tract virus load. | bacterial vaginosis (bv) has been associated with hiv sexual transmission and increased levels of genital tract hiv rna. we postulated that bv induces the appearance of substances in the genital tract that stimulate hiv expression locally. to test this, we measured hiv rna levels in genital mucosal fluid from women with or without bv (defined by nugent score) and compared them with the ability of those fluids to stimulate hiv expression in the chronically hiv-infected monocytic line u1. the u1 a ... | 2005 | 16386111 |
| variability of the vaa cytoadhesin genes in clinical isolates of mycoplasma hominis. | the mycoplasma hominis vaa gene encodes a highly variable surface antigen involved in adhesion to host cells. we studied 15 clinical isolates of mycoplasma hominis with three types of the vaa gene. these vaa versions determine various forms of vaa protein, which are characterized by different quantity and structure of homologous replaceable cassettes. each cassette contains heptad repeats and sites for adherence. the differences on single nucleotides were observed in the primary sequences of the ... | 2005 | 16386023 |
| successful treatment of postvenereal reactive arthritis with synovectomy and 3 months' azithromycin. | the effects of antibiotic therapy on the course of postvenereal reactive arthritis have not yet been elucidated. | 2005 | 16357772 |
| evaluation of amniotic fluid cytokines in preterm labor and intact membranes. | to compare the amniotic fluid (af) concentration of pro-inflammatory cytokines between women with preterm labor and intact membranes that delivered within 7 days, with those that delivered after 7 days of the amniocentesis according to the result of the af culture. | 2005 | 16318974 |
| frequency of chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum infections in pregnant women. | 1989 | 16312697 | |
| characterization and partial purification of a macrophage-stimulating factor from mycoplasma hominis. | mycoplasma hominis is one of the most common pathogens of the genital tract and is associated with increased production of proinflammatory cytokines in reproductive tissues during preterm labor. the mechanism by which m. hominis, an organism lacking cell walls, increases the production of proinflammatory cytokines is unknown. | 2005 | 16305659 |
| mycoplasmas in semen of chronic prostatitis patients. | to evaluate the occurrence of mycoplasmas in the semen of chronic prostatitis patients. | 2005 | 16303724 |
| prostate cell lines secrete il-8 in response to mycoplasma hominis through toll-like receptor 2-mediated mechanism. | the roles of toll-like receptor 2 (tlr2) and mycoplasma in prostate inflammation remain unclear. we investigated whether mycoplasma induced inflammatory cytokine secretion through tlr2-mediated mechanism in prostate cancer cell line. | 2006 | 16302262 |
| [systematic screening tests for chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum in urogenital specimens of infertile couples]. | we conducted a prospective study on 100 couples consulting for infertility at the teaching hospital of tours, with the scope to determine if there is a benefit for systematic screening of chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum among genito-urinary specimen when exploring couples infertility. c. trachomatis was detected by pcr on sperm, endocervix and urine specimen. m. hominis and u. urealyticum were detected by culture on a7 agar medium and with minigaleries on spe ... | 2006 | 16298086 |
| severe endometritis caused by genital mycoplasmas after caesarean section. | infrequently, post-caesarean endometritis can progress to severe conditions. a case of post-caesarean endometritis caused by mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum is reported in a young patient. in therapy-resistant endometritis unusual causative organisms should be considered and special microbiological investigations are recommended. | 2005 | 16278442 |
| value of endocervical ureaplasma species colonization as a marker of preterm delivery. | to study the predictive value for preterm delivery of colonization of the cervix and vagina by ureaplasmas and other potentially pathogenic microorganisms. | 2006 | 16272816 |
| universal dna primers amplify bacterial dna from human fetal membranes and link fusobacterium nucleatum with prolonged preterm membrane rupture. | a large number of bacterial species have been identified in fetal membranes after preterm labour (ptl) associated with intrauterine infection by microbiological culture. in this study, we have investigated a molecular and bioinformatic approach to organism identification which surmounts the need for specific and diverse microbiological culture conditions required by conventional methods. samples of fetal membranes were taken from 37 preterm infants, and 6 normal term controls delivered by caesar ... | 2005 | 16254004 |
| effect of induced expression of an antimicrobial peptide melittin on chlamydia trachomatis and mycoplasma hominis infections in vivo. | a plasmid construct was designed in which the gene of antimicrobial peptide melittin is controlled by the tetracycline-responsive promoter of human cytomegalovirus, aided by a constitutively expressed trans-activator protein gene. its vaginal administration and induction of melittin gene transcription with doxycycline markedly suppressed subsequent genital tract infection of mice by mycoplasma hominis and chlamydia trachomatis. at least half of the melittin-protected animals proved free of eithe ... | 2005 | 16246304 |
| role of intracellular infections in premature childbirth. | vaginal smear taken by sterile folkman spoon from 15 women with premature birth was studied. the study was performed by the direct immune fluorescence method with the luminescence microscope. we aimed to study the effect of intracellular infections: ureaplasma urealitikum, mycoplasma hominis, chlamydia trachomatis, herpes simplex virus of i and ii type and cytomegalovirus. intracellular infections were detected in at about 82% of cases, which included mono infections with cytomegalovirus and in ... | 2005 | 16234597 |
| qualitatively distinct patterns of cytokines are released by human dendritic cells in response to different pathogens. | dendritic cells produce cytokines that regulate the class of the adaptive immune response. microbial recognition is mediated, at least in part, by pattern recognition receptors such as toll-like receptors, which influence dendritic cell maturation. in humans it is not yet clear how intact pathogens modulate the developing immune response. to address the effects of intact pathogens on the maturation and effector functions of human dendritic cells, we investigated their responses to a number of mi ... | 2005 | 16162273 |
| echoguided drug infiltration in chronic prostatitis: results of a multi-centre study. | in chronic prostatitis there are many causes that may provoke a therapeutical failure of a systemic antibiotic treatment. at the moment a consensus has not been reached on the efficacy of the many therapeutical options that are available with not one of these approaches being efficacious in all patients. in our view the main causes of treatment failure are the well-known hurdle to antibiotic diffusion inside the glandular parenchyma associated with the so-called intraprostatic bacterial biofilms ... | 2005 | 16146268 |
| utility of amsel criteria, nugent score, and quantitative pcr for gardnerella vaginalis, mycoplasma hominis, and lactobacillus spp. for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women. | bacterial vaginosis (bv) is a clinical syndrome presenting with a malodorous vaginal discharge and increased vaginal ph. diagnosis has been based on clinical amsel criteria and direct gram stain of vaginal secretions. human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected participants in the women's interagency hiv study contributed cervicovaginal lavage (cvl) samples. lactobacilli, gardnerella vaginalis, and mycoplasma hominis in cervicovaginal lavage samples were quantified by pcr. gynecologic evaluation ... | 2005 | 16145114 |
| microbiologic response to treatment of bacterial vaginosis with topical clindamycin or metronidazole. | to compare the frequencies, concentrations, and antimicrobial susceptibilities of vaginal microbes isolated from women with bacterial vaginosis (bv) before and after therapy, 119 nonpregnant women aged 18 to 45 with clinical and gram stain evidence of bv were randomized to receive intravaginal clindamycin or metronidazole. vaginal swabs were collected at baseline and 7 to 12 days, 35 to 45 days, and 70 to 90 days following therapy for quantitative vaginal culture. for the 99 women completing all ... | 2005 | 16145097 |
| [significance of clue cells in the diagnosis of male urogenital infection]. | to explore the significance of clue cells in the diagnosis of male urogenital infection. | 2005 | 16138580 |
| prevalence survey on condom use and infection of urogenital mycoplasmas in female sex workers in china. | we evaluated the prevalence of condom use and the effects of condom use on urogenital mycoplasma infection in female sex workers in jinjiang, china. | 2005 | 16102559 |
| a cluster analysis of bacterial vaginosis-associated microflora and pelvic inflammatory disease. | controversy surrounds the association between bacterial vaginosis (bv) and pelvic inflammatory disease (pid). women (n = 1,140) were ascertained at five us centers, enrolled (1999-2001), and followed up for a median of 3 years. serial vaginal swabs were obtained for gram's stain and cultures. pid was defined as 1) histologic endometritis or 2) pelvic pain and tenderness plus oral temperature >38.8 degrees c, leukorrhea or mucopus, erythrocyte sedimentation rate >15 mm/hour, white blood cell coun ... | 2005 | 16093289 |
| [mycoplasma hominis meningitis in a premature baby with hydrocephalus]. | 2005 | 15987036 | |
| mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum in patients with sterile pyuria. | mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum are associated with various diseases of the urogenital tract, but they are usually not detected by routine microbiological diagnosis. the aim of this study was to asses the prevalence of these organisms in patients with sterile pyuria. | 2005 | 15979492 |
| susceptibilities of mycoplasma hominis to herbs. | to determine the susceptibilities of mycoplasma homonis (m. hominis) to chinese medicinal herbs in vitro, 30 clinical strains of m. hominis were isolated and identified from the clinical specimen. the susceptibilities of m. hominis to 19 herbs were determined by serial dilution methods in vitro. the results showed that m. hominis was susceptible to radix isatidis, radix angelicae dahuricae, cortex phellodendri, radix et rhizoma rhei, fructus kochiae and herba houttuyniae. these findings laid a f ... | 2005 | 15974478 |
| [impact of mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum on the concentration of proinflammatory cytokines in vaginal fluid]. | the main aim of this study was to determine impact of mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum on the concentrations of selected proinflammatory cytokines in vaginal fluid in pregnant women. the samples were obtained from 120 pregnant women at 22 to 36 weeks gestation. vaginal fluid were analyzed for the concentrations of il-1 alpha, il-1 beta, il-6 and il-8 using standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique (elisa), and cervical fluid for prevalence of mycoplasma hominis and ureapl ... | 2004 | 15959994 |
| interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in cervical and amniotic fluid: relationship to microbial invasion of the chorioamniotic membranes. | to evaluate the levels of interleukin (il)-6 and il-8 in cervical and amniotic fluid in relation to the presence of bacteria in the membranes in women in preterm labour (ptl). | 2005 | 15924526 |
| comparative in vitro activities of investigational peptide deformylase inhibitor nvp lbm-415 and other agents against human mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas. | peptide deformylase inhibitor lbm-415 and seven other drugs were tested against mycoplasma pneumoniae (100 isolates), mycoplasma hominis (20 isolates), mycoplasma fermentans (10 isolates), and ureaplasma species (50 isolates). lbm-415 was active against m. pneumoniae (mics, <or=0.008 microg/ml). it showed no activity against m. hominis and m. fermentans and modest activity against ureaplasma spp. | 2005 | 15917568 |
| hint proteins and their putative interaction partners in mollicutes and chlamydiaceae. | : | 2005 | 15904496 |
| monocyte chemotactic protein-2 and -3 in amniotic fluid: relationship to microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity, intra-amniotic inflammation and preterm delivery. | to evaluate the presence of monocyte chemotactic protein (mcp)-2 and mcp-3 in cervical and amniotic fluid in women in preterm labor. | 2005 | 15901268 |
| interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in cervical fluid in a population of swedish women in preterm labor: relationship to microbial invasion of the amniotic fluid, intra-amniotic inflammation, and preterm delivery. | intrauterine infection and inflammation in women with preterm labor are related to adverse perinatal outcome. due to its subclinical nature, a correct diagnosis depends on retrieval of amniotic fluid. amniocentesis is, however, not performed as a clinical routine because of its invasiveness. hypothetically, cytokines in the cervical fluid may represent an alternative diagnostic approach. the aim was to examine cervical interleukin (il)-6 and il-8 in relation to microbial invasion of the amniotic ... | 2005 | 15901266 |
| [subdural empyema due to mycoplasma hominis after a cesarean section under spinal anesthesia]. | the isolation of mycoplasma hominis in cultured biopsy material from a subdural empyema is a very rare finding. likewise, subdural empyema complicating epidural anesthesia is an uncommon event after cesarean delivery. we report the case of a 32-year-old patient who presented a throbbing headache when standing 48 hours after undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia. on the fifth day after surgery, the headache worsened, fever developed, and an abscess was detected at the abdominal wal ... | 2005 | 15901030 |
| [ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis infections in newborns: personal data and review of the literature]. | ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis colonized 20-40% of newborns and are more frequent in premature. they are responsible for localized infections such as pleural effusion, pneumopathy, adenopathy, abscess or systemic sepsis. an important hyperleukocytosis is often associated with pulmonary infections. their responsibility, as pathogen agents, is questionable in some non bacterial meningitis. there is large controversy for their role as cofactor, in chronic lung disease (bronchopulmona ... | 2005 | 15893230 |
| blood culture-negative endocarditis in a reference center: etiologic diagnosis of 348 cases. | to identify the current etiologies of blood culture-negative infective endocarditis and to describe the epidemiologic, clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic characteristics associated with each etiology, as well as with unexplained cases, we tested samples from 348 patients suspected of having blood culture-negative infective endocarditis in our diagnostic center, the french national reference center for rickettsial diseases, between 1983 and 2001. serology tests for coxiella burnettii, ba ... | 2005 | 15879906 |
| induction of tumor necrosis factor- alpha secretion and toll-like receptor 2 and 4 mrna expression by genital mucosal fluids from women with bacterial vaginosis. | bacterial vaginosis (bv) is associated with complications of pregnancy and increased susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) sexual transmission. | 2005 | 15871126 |
| isolation of mycoplasma hominis from extragenital cultures. | in order to document the characteristics of extragenital mycoplasma hominis infections, the clinical features of 36 cases in which m. hominis was isolated from extragenital sites of adult patients were reviewed. in most cases, the organism was detected in conventional bacterial cultures (from specimens obtained from surgical and immunosuppressed patients) that had been incubated for at least 72 h. the results indicate that in cases in which m. hominis involvement is suspected, prolonged incubati ... | 2005 | 15868155 |
| [the presence of mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum in the cervical canal of uterus]. | mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma species are common commensal inhabitants of the lower genitourinary tract in adolescents and adults who are sexually active. a lot of authors points out that these microorganisms can play an important role in pathology of genital tract like pelvic inflammatory disease, sterility or non-gonococcal urethritis. | 2005 | 15846863 |
| seeding of a cavernous angioma with mycoplasma hominis: case report. | 2004 | 15791744 | |
| the demographic and behavioural profile of women with cervicitis infected with chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum and the comparison of two medical regimens. | the aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic effect of single dose oral azithromycin with twice-daily, 7-day doxycycline in women with chlamydial, mycoplasmic or ureaplasmic cervicitis and to demonstrate the demographic and behavioral profile of infected women. | 2005 | 15778862 |
| [comparative study of application of two kinds of culture media for cultivating of mycoplasma and its clinical significance]. | 2004 | 15769381 | |
| interaction of microbiology and pathology in women undergoing investigations for infertility. | cases of endometriosis with no tubal damage are associated with infertility, suggesting an immunological rather than mechanical barrier to reproduction. laparoscopy and falloposcopy results of clinically asymptomatic women undergoing investigation of infertility were correlated with the outcomes of microbiological screening for chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma pneumoniae, mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma species, neisseria gonorrhoeae, neisseria meningitidis and chlamydia pneumoniae. | 2004 | 15763913 |
| bacterial vaginosis, vaginal flora patterns and vaginal hygiene practices in patients presenting with vaginal discharge syndrome in the gambia, west africa. | bacterial vaginosis (bv) - a syndrome characterised by a shift in vaginal flora - appears to be particularly common in sub-saharan africa, but little is known of the pattern of vaginal flora associated with bv in africa. we conducted a study aimed at determining the prevalence of bv and patterns of bv-associated vaginal micro-flora among women with vaginal discharge syndrome (vds) in the gambia, west africa. | 2005 | 15757510 |
| detecting of mycoplasma genitalium in male patients with urethritis symptoms in turkey by polymerase chain reaction. | the aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of mycoplasma genitalium in the urine samples of 63 male patients who had urethritis symptoms. along with neisseria gonorrhoeae (n. gonorrhoeae) and chlamydia trachomatis (c. trachomatis). we also investigated mycoplasma hominis (m. hominis) and ureaplasma urealyticum (u. urealyticum), both of which are known to cause urethritis. | 2005 | 15756355 |
| prevalence of ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma genitalium in men with non-gonococcal urethritis. | this study in teheran, islamic republic of iran, investigated the prevalence of ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma species in men with non-gonococcal urethritis. urethral swab samples were collected from 125 cases and 125 healthy men as a control group. the samples were then investigated by culture methods. the rates of detected bacteria in case and control groups were 19.2% and 7.2% for u. urealyticum, 7.2% and 0.8% for m. genitalium, and 2.4% and 1.6% for m. hominis respectively. statistica ... | 2003 | 15751921 |
| differential vaginal expression of interleukin-1 system cytokines in the presence of mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum in pregnant women. | the genital mycoplasmas, ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis, are commonly identified in the vagina of healthy pregnant women. however, these microorganisms are the most common isolates from the amniotic fluids of women in preterm labor. the mechanisms responsible for vaginal colonization and ascent to the uterus remain undetermined. we evaluated the association between u. urealyticum and m. hominis vaginal colonization and the presence of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory interle ... | 2004 | 15739821 |
| the use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of mycoplasma hominis antibodies in infertile women serum samples. | besides chlamydiae trachomatis and mycoplasma genitalium, mycoplasma hominis may also cause infertility due to damage of the fallopian tubes. therefore serum samples from infertile women were analyzed for antibodies to m. hominis. | 2005 | 15734761 |
| [frequency, diagnostic criteria and consequences of bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women]. | vaginal discharge based on changes in a vaginal ecosystem (decreasing number of lactobacillus and increasing number of mobiluncus spp., gardnerella vaginalis, prevotella spp., mycoplasma hominis, peptostreptococcus spp) appears to be a major cause of bacterial vaginosis. bacterial vaginosis is associated with: preterm delivery, premature rupture of membranes, chorioamnionitis, amniotic fluid infection, endometritis, low-weight neonates. the role of natural microflora of vagina, the most importan ... | 2004 | 15730019 |
| in vitro development of resistance to six and four fluoroquinolones in mycoplasma pneumoniae and mycoplasma hominis, respectively. | selection of resistant mutants in sequential subcultures with increasing concentrations of six and four different fluoroquinolones was studied for one reference strain each of mycoplasma pneumoniae and mycoplasma hominis, respectively. all fluoroquinolones tested selected for resistance, with alterations affecting the quinolone resistance-determining regions of the four target topoisomerase genes. | 2005 | 15728924 |
| interleukin-10 -1082 g/a polymorphism and risk of death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia in ventilated very low birth weight infants. | il-10 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that may have a protective role in acute lung injury. il-10 expression is affected by a single-nucleotide polymorphism (snp) located at position -1082 (g to a). the a allele is associated with lower il-10 production. low il-10 production has been linked to the development of bpd. thus, the il-10 -1082 snp may be a genetic risk factor for the development of bpd in the premature newborn. the il-10 -1082 snp was determined in 294 (235 african american, 56 cauc ... | 2005 | 15678510 |
| long-term survival and intracellular replication of mycoplasma hominis in trichomonas vaginalis cells: potential role of the protozoon in transmitting bacterial infection. | the existence of a symbiotic relationship between trichomonas vaginalis and mycoplasma hominis, which is the first reported example of symbiosis between two obligate human pathogens, has been recently reported by our research group. in this work, we examined the cellular location of m. hominis in respect to t. vaginalis. by using gentamicin protection assays, double immunofluorescence, and confocal microscopy, we obtained strong evidence that m. hominis is located within protozoan cells. 5-bromo ... | 2005 | 15664961 |
| [clinical relevance of antibiotic resistance in obstetrics and gynecology]. | antibiotic resistance of microorganisms that cause infections of the urogenital tract is a clinically relevant problem in obstetrics and gynecology. due to methodological difficulties, resistance testing is rarely used for the management of these infections. therefore, solid epidemiological data on resistance rates of most involved pathogens are scarce. antibiotic resistance of several microorganisms appears to be increasing in various areas of the world, mainly trichomonas vaginalis and gardner ... | 2005 | 15644637 |
| mycoplasma hominis septic arthritis in a pediatric renal transplant recipient: case report and review of the literature. | septic arthritis (sa) typically occurs in young children, often from staphylococcus. with chronic immunosuppression, however, pathogens may be atypical. a 15-year-old african-american female developed mycoplasma hominis sa in her right hip 2 months following cadaveric renal transplant (tx). her presentation was subtle and indolent, without fever or leukocytosis. although reported in adult tx recipients, m. hominis infections have not been described in pediatric recipients. early immunosuppressio ... | 2005 | 15636628 |
| increased expression of two multidrug transporter-like genes is associated with ethidium bromide and ciprofloxacin resistance in mycoplasma hominis. | two genes, md1 and md2, coding for multidrug resistance atp-binding cassette transporters were identified in mycoplasma hominis pg21. expression of these two genes, quantified by quantitative competitive reverse transcription-pcr, was significantly increased in ethidium bromide-resistant strains of m. hominis compared to that in m. hominis pg21. | 2005 | 15616325 |
| management of vaginitis. | common infectious forms of vaginitis include bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, and trichomoniasis. vaginitis also can occur because of atrophic changes. bacterial vaginosis is caused by proliferation of gardnerella vaginalis, mycoplasma hominis, and anaerobes. the diagnosis is based primarily on the amsel criteria (milky discharge, ph greater than 4.5, positive whiff test, clue cells in a wet-mount preparation). the standard treatment is oral metronidazole in a dosage of 500 mg twic ... | 2004 | 15606061 |
| female genital-tract hiv load correlates inversely with lactobacillus species but positively with bacterial vaginosis and mycoplasma hominis. | bacterial vaginosis (bv) is associated with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) acquisition. we examined the association between bv and bv-associated bacteria and expression of hiv in the female genital tract. | 2004 | 15592999 |
| in vitro comparison of agar and microbroth dilution methods for determination of mics for mycoplasma hominis. | ten replicates of three mycoplasma hominis strains were tested by microbroth and agar dilution against levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin, erythromycin, tetracycline, and clindamycin. both methods provide reproducible results. agar dilution tends to yield higher mic values for some drugs. | 2005 | 15590104 |
| p80, the hint interacting membrane protein, is a secreted antigen of mycoplasma hominis. | mycoplasmas are cell wall-less bacteria which encode a minimal set of proteins. in mycoplasma hominis, the genes encoding the surface-localized membrane complex p60/p80 are in an operon with a gene encoding a cytoplasmic, nucleotide-binding protein with a characteristic histidine triad motif (hint). hint is found in both procaryotes and eukaryotes and known to hydrolyze adenosine nucleotides in eukaryotes. immuno-precipitation and biacore analysis revealed an interaction between hint and the p80 ... | 2004 | 15579213 |
| evolving issues in understanding and treating bacterial vaginosis. | bacterial vaginosis is a synergistic polymicrobial syndrome characterized by depletion of lactobacillus spp., especially those that produce hydrogen peroxide, and an intense increase in the quantity of commensal vaginal anaerobic bacteria to 100- to 1000-fold above normal levels. while the bacterial spectrum of these organisms has long been known to include gardnerella vaginalis, prevotella spp., anaerobic gram-positive cocci, mobiluncus spp. and mycoplasma hominis, innovative use of molecular d ... | 2004 | 15566334 |
| antimycoplasmal activity of hydroxytyrosol. | the aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro antimycoplasmal activity of hydroxytyrosol. twenty strains of mycoplasma hominis, three strains of mycoplasma fermentans, and one strain of mycoplasma pneumoniae were used. for m. pneumoniae, m. hominis, and m. fermentans, the mics were 0.5, 0.03 (for 90% of the strains tested), and 0.25 microg/ml, respectively. | 2004 | 15561875 |
| [systemic lupus erythematous infected with mycoplasma--120 cases analysis ]. | 2004 | 15555374 | |
| [association between genital mycoplasmas and risk of preterm delivery]. | the main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of maternal colonisation by genital mycoplasmas during pregnancy and to assess its association with preterm delivery. the cervical swabs of 179 pregnant women between 8 and 16 week of gestation were cultured for mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum. clinical details and perinatal outcomes were documented. of a total of 179 women enrolled, 68 (38.0%) had positive cervical culture for genital mycoplasmas; 30 (16.7%) for m. hominis ... | 2003 | 15537264 |
| [hpv, chlamydia trachomatis and genital mycoplasmas infections in women with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (lsil)]. | the purpose of the study was to determine the correlation between chlamydia trachomatis, urogenital mycoplasmas and low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (lsil) in women with and without human papilloma virus (hpv) infection. | 2004 | 15524422 |
| [comparison of polymerase chain reaction assay and mycoplasma ist 2 test with culture for detection of infections caused by ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis]. | the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) technique and commercial mycoplasma ist 2 test were compared with culture for the detection of u. urealyticum and m. hominis in 173 clinical samples obtained from patients without clinical symptoms from genito-urinary tract. the presence of u. urealyticum was diagnosed by culture in 24 samples, by pcr in 33 samples and by mycoplasma ist 2 test in 39 samples. the presence of m. hominis was diagnosed in 26 samples only by mycoplasma ist 2 test--culture and pcr w ... | 2004 | 15524401 |
| bacterial vaginosis and lower genital tract infections in women attending out-patient clinics at a tertiary institution serving a developing community. | the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and other lower genital tract infections were determined in women from a developing community. patients were recruited from four out-patient clinics of a large urban tertiary referral hospital serving the indigent black population of kwazulu/natal, south africa. a total of 208 women attending the sexually transmitted diseases (std) (n = 51), colposcopy (n =50), family planning (n = 52) and antenatal (n = 55) clinics were investigated. endocervical and vagina ... | 1997 | 15511815 |
| mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum in midtrimester amniotic fluid: association with amniotic fluid cytokine levels and pregnancy outcome. | the association between the detection of mycoplasma hominis or ureaplasma urealyticum in midtrimester amniotic fluid and amniotic fluid cytokine concentrations and subsequent pregnancy outcome were examined. | 2004 | 15507969 |
| spondylitis and arthritis due to mycoplasma hominis: the case for awareness in undefined pleuropneumonia. | 2004 | 15486853 | |
| high prevalence of genital mycoplasmas among sexually active young adults with urethritis or cervicitis symptoms in la crosse, wisconsin. | sexually active young adults in the small college town of la crosse, wisconsin, were evaluated for conventional sexually transmitted pathogens and tested for infections with mycoplasmas. the prevalence in 65 symptomatic men or women and 137 healthy volunteers (67 men and 70 women) was compared. urine specimens from both cohorts were tested by ligase chain reaction for chlamydia trachomatis or neisseria gonorrhoeae. in addition, the urethral or cervical swabs from the symptomatic subjects were te ... | 2004 | 15472322 |
| detection of mutant mycoplasma hominis strains resistant to 16-membered macrolide antibiotic josamycin in clinical samples. | the incidence of point mutations responsible for josamycin resistance was studied by pcr in 48 strains of m. hominis isolated from patients with bacterial vaginosis. mutant m. hominis strains were detected in 48% cases. | 2004 | 15455124 |
| the vaa locus of mycoplasma hominis contains a divergent genetic islet encoding a putative membrane protein. | the mycoplasma hominis vaa gene encodes a highly variable, surface antigen involved in the adhesion to host cells. we have analysed the structure of the vaa locus to elucidate the genetic basis for variation of vaa. | 2004 | 15385054 |
| detection of mycoplasma genitalium, mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma parvum (biovar 1) and ureaplasma urealyticum (biovar 2) in patients with non-gonococcal urethritis using polymerase chain reaction-microtiter plate hybridization. | to use polymerase chain reaction (pcr)-microtiter plate hybridization assays to detect mycoplasma genitalium, mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma parvum (biovar 1) and ureaplasma urealyticum (biovar 2) in first-voided urine specimens from patients with non-gonococcal urethritis (ngu). | 2004 | 15379939 |
| development of real-time pcr for detection of mycoplasma hominis. | mycoplasma hominis is associated with pelvic inflammatory disease, bacterial vaginosis, post partum fever, sepsis and infections of the central nervous system often leading to serious conditions. association with development of female infertility has also been suggested, but different publications present different results. we developed a sensitive and fast diagnostic real-time pcr to test clinical samples from women undergoing laparoscopic examination before fertility treatment. to develop a te ... | 2004 | 15350196 |
| mycoplasma hominis in mid-trimester amniotic fluid: relation to pregnancy outcome. | the relationship between detection of mycoplasma hominis in mid-trimester amniotic fluid and subsequent pregnancy outcome was investigated. | 2004 | 15346817 |
| association of trichomonas vaginalis with sociodemographic factors and other stds among female inmates in lisbon. | a study on stds was conducted among 211 female inmates in a prison in lisbon, portugal, in order to establish possible associations between trichomonas vaginalis infection, sociodemographic factors and other stds. t. vaginalis was found in 31.2% of the women, from whom only 65.1% presented symptoms. it was more frequently isolated in the 20-40 year age group. on univariate analysis there was an association, although not statistically significant, between the existence of t. vaginalis, multiple s ... | 2004 | 15339370 |
| cytokine expression pattern in the genital tract of chlamydia trachomatis positive infertile women - implication for t-cell responses. | human genital infection caused by chlamydia trachomatis is thought to be immunologically mediated, resulting in local recruitment of lymphocyte subsets and inducing the production of cytokines. little information is available about the role of lymphocyte recruitment and the regulation of cytokine production in the genital tract of c. trachomatis positive infertile women. we have evaluated the recruitment of lymphocyte subsets in the genital tract and production of th1/th2 cytokines in cervical s ... | 2004 | 15320905 |
| viral and bacterial pathogens at the maternal-fetal interface. | we studied the incidence of pathogenic bacteria and concurrent infections with human cytomegalovirus (cmv) and herpes simplex virus (hsv) type 1 and 2 in biopsy samples from the placenta and decidua of women with healthy pregnancies. by polymerase chain reaction analysis, we found that 38% of placental samples were positive for selected bacteria and viruses. cmv, hsv-1, and hsv-2 were detected in isolation or with bacteria in first- and second-trimester samples. certain bacteria were detected mo ... | 2004 | 15272412 |
| mycoplasma hominis infection after liver transplantation in a child. | 2004 | 15239634 | |
| [immunobiological properties of monoclonal antibodies to mycoplasma hominis antigens]. | approaches to obtaining stable mouse hybridomas synthesizing monoclonal antibodies (mcab) to m. hominis key antigens were developed. 4 clones capable of the stable synthesis of mcab of different igg classes were obtained. clones a3/2 and a5/d produced antibodies to the thermostable determinant to with a mol. wt. of 80-120 kd, sensitive to sodium periodate and resistant to potassium proteinase. clone h9/b2 synthesized mcab which interacted with potassium proteinase-sensitive m. hominis thermolabi ... | 2004 | 15188558 |
| spreading factors of mycoplasma alligatoris, a flesh-eating mycoplasma. | mycoplasma alligatoris causes lethal invasive disease of alligators and caimans. a homolog of the nagh gene, encoding a hyaluronidase secreted by clostridium perfringens, and a c. perfringens hyaluronidase nagi or nagk pseudogene were discovered in the m. alligatoris genome. the nagh gene was detected by pcr in the closest relative of m. alligatoris, mycoplasma crocodyli, but not in 40 other species representing the mycoplasma hominis, mycoplasma pneumoniae, and spiroplasma phylogenetic clusters ... | 2004 | 15175306 |
| [studies on the infection status of seven species mycoplasma, three species of chlamydia, neisseria gonorrhoeae and garderella vaginalis in 76 patients with sexual transmitted diseases]. | to study the infectious status of seven species of mycoplasma, three species of chlamydia, neisseria gonorrhoeae and garderella vaginalis in the 76 male sexual transmitted disease (std) patients in yangzhou city. | 2004 | 15132870 |
| [prevalence of asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections among high-risk patients attending a free anonymous hiv-screening center]. | the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among patients attending an anonymous hiv screening center. | 2004 | 15107742 |
| experimental mycoplasma hominis infection of the genital tract in balb/c mice. | we studied the ability of laboratory and clinical strains of mycoplasma hominis to colonize the genital tract mucosa in balb/c mice. colonization with mycoplasma occurred only in mice receiving estrogen. mycoplasma hominis strains obtained after 3-fold passage through the vaginal mucosa in mice and administered intravaginally in a dose of 0.5 x 10(8) cfu/ml caused infection in 100% animals. inflammation in the lower genital tract was reduced by the 8th week after infection. | 2004 | 15085246 |
| comparison of multiplex pcr assay with culture for detection of genital mycoplasmas. | ureaplasma, spp. mycoplasma genitalium, and mycoplasma hominis are associated with infection of the genitourinary tract, reproductive failure, and neonatal morbidity and mortality. we have developed a multiplex pcr for the detection of these mycoplasmatales in a single amplification reaction. the analytical sensitivities of this assay were 10.8, 10.8, and 8.8 cfu for each organism, respectively. this multiplex pcr was compared to culture on 26 cervical swabs, 2 vaginal swabs, 4 female urine spec ... | 2004 | 15070999 |
| [relationship between the endocervical mycoplasma infection and spontaneous abortion due to early embryonic death]. | to study the relationship between endocervical mycoplasma infection and the spontaneous abortion due to the early embryonic death and the drug sensitivity to mycoplasma. | 2004 | 15059581 |
| possible role of bacterial and viral infections in miscarriages. | to determine the role of infections in miscarriages. chorionic villi from aborted material were subjected to cytogenetic evaluation and analyzed for the presence of chlamydia trachomatis, ureaplasma urealyticum, mycoplasma hominis, human cytomegalovirus (hcmv), adeno-associated virus (aav), and human papillomaviruses (hpv). | 2004 | 15037417 |
| [male urogenital tract mycoplasma infection and drug-resistance evolution]. | to investigate the male urogenital tract mycoplasma infection and drug-resistance evolution in 2001 and 2003. | 2004 | 15027187 |
| susceptibility testing of singapore strains of mycoplasma hominis to tetracycline, gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, and azithromycin by the etest method. | the minimal inhibitory concentrations of tetracycline, gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin and azithromycin for 28 singapore clinical mycoplasma hominis strains were studied using the etest method. different incubation conditions did not affect susceptibility categories, except for tetracycline intermediate-susceptibility strains. tetracycline-susceptibility was only 35.7%. all strains were susceptible to the fluoroquinolones and clindamycin but resistant to azithromycin. | 2004 | 15023431 |
| cervical immunoglobulin a and altered vaginal flora in pregnant women with threatened preterm delivery. | the aim of our study was to investigate the cervical immunoglobulin a concentration in women with threatened preterm delivery. immunoglobulin a concentration in the cervical mucus of 80 women with symptoms of preterm delivery was measured using radial immunodiffusion. the results were compared with those of 60 healthy pregnant women. concentrations of immunoglobulins in maternal serum were also measured. there was no significant difference of cervical immunoglobulin a (iga) concentration between ... | 2004 | 15008384 |
| simultaneous detection and identification of common cell culture contaminant and pathogenic mollicutes strains by reverse line blot hybridization. | we have developed a reverse line blot (rlb) hybridization assay to detect and identify the commonest mollicutes causing cell line contamination (mycoplasma arginini, mycoplasma fermentans, mycoplasma hyorhinis, mycoplasma orale, and acholeplasma laidlawii) and human infection (mycoplasma pneumoniae, mycoplasma hominis, mycoplasma genitalium, ureaplasma parvum, and ureaplasma urealyticum). we developed a nested pcr assay with "universal" primers targeting the mollicute 16s-23s rrna intergenic spa ... | 2004 | 15006769 |