| isolation of mycoplasma hominis from genital ulcerations of patients in eastern and southern africa. | in three separate surveys involving 413 patients in mbabane (swaziland), nairobi (kenya), and carletonville (south africa), mycoplasma hominis was isolated from the base of ulcers in 41 (16%) of 251 men with genital ulcer disease. antibodies to m. hominis were detected by indirect hemagglutination in 89 (51%) of 176 such patients. of these male patients, 15% and 6% had indirect hemagglutinating antibodies at titers of greater than or equal to 160 and greater than or equal to 640, respectively. t ... | 1983 | 6689381 |