High Co-Infection Rate of Trichomonas vaginalis and Candidatus Mycoplasma Girerdii in Gansu Province, China

Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv) is a flagellated protist parasite that infects the human urogenital tract. The symbiotic relationship between Tv and Mycoplasma hominis has been reported. Recent studies have identified a new Mycoplasma strain, Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii (Ca. M. girerdii), present in t...

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Autores principales: Xu, Shuhui, Wang, Zhixin, Zhou, Hang, Fu, Yongfeng, Feng, Meng, Cheng, Xunjia
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8227175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34200661
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9060706
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author Xu, Shuhui
Wang, Zhixin
Zhou, Hang
Fu, Yongfeng
Feng, Meng
Cheng, Xunjia
author_facet Xu, Shuhui
Wang, Zhixin
Zhou, Hang
Fu, Yongfeng
Feng, Meng
Cheng, Xunjia
author_sort Xu, Shuhui
collection PubMed
description Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv) is a flagellated protist parasite that infects the human urogenital tract. The symbiotic relationship between Tv and Mycoplasma hominis has been reported. Recent studies have identified a new Mycoplasma strain, Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii (Ca. M. girerdii), present in the vaginal secretions of women and have shown that this strain may be related to trichomoniasis. Here, we evaluated the presence of Tv, M. hominis and Ca. M. girerdii in 312 clinical samples from adult women diagnosed with vaginitis in Zhangye, Gansu province, China. Among these samples, 94, 153, and 48 were Tv, M. hominis and Ca. M. girerdii positive, respectively. Moreover, Tv was highly frequent in 17–30-year-old women in this region. Forty samples (83.3%) positive for Ca. M. girerdii were also positive for Tv. Six Tv isolates were successfully cultured, including five isolates that showed symbiotic relationships with Mycoplasma. This is the first report to evaluate the genetic characteristics of Ca. M. girerdii in China and may therefore provide insights into the effects of Ca. M. girerdii on the reproductive health of women.
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spelling pubmed-82271752021-06-26 High Co-Infection Rate of Trichomonas vaginalis and Candidatus Mycoplasma Girerdii in Gansu Province, China Xu, Shuhui Wang, Zhixin Zhou, Hang Fu, Yongfeng Feng, Meng Cheng, Xunjia Healthcare (Basel) Article Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv) is a flagellated protist parasite that infects the human urogenital tract. The symbiotic relationship between Tv and Mycoplasma hominis has been reported. Recent studies have identified a new Mycoplasma strain, Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii (Ca. M. girerdii), present in the vaginal secretions of women and have shown that this strain may be related to trichomoniasis. Here, we evaluated the presence of Tv, M. hominis and Ca. M. girerdii in 312 clinical samples from adult women diagnosed with vaginitis in Zhangye, Gansu province, China. Among these samples, 94, 153, and 48 were Tv, M. hominis and Ca. M. girerdii positive, respectively. Moreover, Tv was highly frequent in 17–30-year-old women in this region. Forty samples (83.3%) positive for Ca. M. girerdii were also positive for Tv. Six Tv isolates were successfully cultured, including five isolates that showed symbiotic relationships with Mycoplasma. This is the first report to evaluate the genetic characteristics of Ca. M. girerdii in China and may therefore provide insights into the effects of Ca. M. girerdii on the reproductive health of women. MDPI 2021-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8227175/ /pubmed/34200661 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9060706 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Xu, Shuhui
Wang, Zhixin
Zhou, Hang
Fu, Yongfeng
Feng, Meng
Cheng, Xunjia
High Co-Infection Rate of Trichomonas vaginalis and Candidatus Mycoplasma Girerdii in Gansu Province, China
title High Co-Infection Rate of Trichomonas vaginalis and Candidatus Mycoplasma Girerdii in Gansu Province, China
title_full High Co-Infection Rate of Trichomonas vaginalis and Candidatus Mycoplasma Girerdii in Gansu Province, China
title_fullStr High Co-Infection Rate of Trichomonas vaginalis and Candidatus Mycoplasma Girerdii in Gansu Province, China
title_full_unstemmed High Co-Infection Rate of Trichomonas vaginalis and Candidatus Mycoplasma Girerdii in Gansu Province, China
title_short High Co-Infection Rate of Trichomonas vaginalis and Candidatus Mycoplasma Girerdii in Gansu Province, China
title_sort high co-infection rate of trichomonas vaginalis and candidatus mycoplasma girerdii in gansu province, china
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8227175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34200661
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9060706
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