| sociocultural factors in puerperal infectious morbidity among navajo women. | from 1980 to 1982, a sample of 968 pregnant navajo women in new mexico was enrolled in a prospective study of biologic and sociocultural factors in puerperal infectious morbidity. past studies have independently implicated both genital infection and psychosocial stressors in perinatal complications, but, to the authors' knowledge, no previous work has concurrently investigated the interactive effects of genital pathogens and psychosocial processes. endocervical cultures for mycoplasma hominis an ... | 1989 | 2916554 |
| the prevalence of genital chlamydia trachomatis and mycoplasmal infections during pregnancy in an american indian population. | the epidemiology of cervical infection with chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma hominis, and ureaplasma urealyticum among a group of pregnant american indian women was investigated. the prevalences of these microorganisms were 24-30% for c. trachomatis, 50% for m. hominis, and 80% for u. urealyticum. these rates are unusually high for an unselected sample. infection with c. trachomatis was correlated with younger age but not with primigravidity or educational level. neither m. hominis nor u. ureal ... | 1983 | 6665663 |