Retrospective Analysis of the Ureaplasma Spp. Prevalence with Reference to Other Genital Tract Infections in Women of Reproductive Age

Ureaplasma spp. are frequently isolated from the genital tract of women of reproductive age. To date, it remains unclear whether they are commensal or pathogenic. In our study, we assessed the prevalence of Ureaplasma spp. in a group of 1,155 women of childbearing age. In addition, we assessed how o...

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Autores principales: Rak, Katarzyna, Kiecka, Aneta, Białecka, Joanna, Kawalec, Anna, Krzyściak, Paweł, Białecka, Anna
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36401536
http://dx.doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2022-044
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author Rak, Katarzyna
Kiecka, Aneta
Białecka, Joanna
Kawalec, Anna
Krzyściak, Paweł
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description Ureaplasma spp. are frequently isolated from the genital tract of women of reproductive age. To date, it remains unclear whether they are commensal or pathogenic. In our study, we assessed the prevalence of Ureaplasma spp. in a group of 1,155 women of childbearing age. In addition, we assessed how often women with positive Ureaplasma spp. develop genital tract co-infections and how the vaginal pH changes. This study showed a relationship between colonization by Ureaplasma spp. and presenting symptoms. In fact, we showed that colonization of the genital tract by Ureaplasma spp. can affect the occurrence of co-infections such as Gardnerella vaginalis. We also observed a relationship between increased pH values and the presence of Ureaplasma spp.
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spelling pubmed-99449712023-02-23 Retrospective Analysis of the Ureaplasma Spp. Prevalence with Reference to Other Genital Tract Infections in Women of Reproductive Age Rak, Katarzyna Kiecka, Aneta Białecka, Joanna Kawalec, Anna Krzyściak, Paweł Białecka, Anna Pol J Microbiol Original Paper Ureaplasma spp. are frequently isolated from the genital tract of women of reproductive age. To date, it remains unclear whether they are commensal or pathogenic. In our study, we assessed the prevalence of Ureaplasma spp. in a group of 1,155 women of childbearing age. In addition, we assessed how often women with positive Ureaplasma spp. develop genital tract co-infections and how the vaginal pH changes. This study showed a relationship between colonization by Ureaplasma spp. and presenting symptoms. In fact, we showed that colonization of the genital tract by Ureaplasma spp. can affect the occurrence of co-infections such as Gardnerella vaginalis. We also observed a relationship between increased pH values and the presence of Ureaplasma spp. Sciendo 2022-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9944971/ /pubmed/36401536 http://dx.doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2022-044 Text en © 2022 Katarzyna Rak et al., published by Sciendo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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Rak, Katarzyna
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Retrospective Analysis of the Ureaplasma Spp. Prevalence with Reference to Other Genital Tract Infections in Women of Reproductive Age
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title_full Retrospective Analysis of the Ureaplasma Spp. Prevalence with Reference to Other Genital Tract Infections in Women of Reproductive Age
title_fullStr Retrospective Analysis of the Ureaplasma Spp. Prevalence with Reference to Other Genital Tract Infections in Women of Reproductive Age
title_full_unstemmed Retrospective Analysis of the Ureaplasma Spp. Prevalence with Reference to Other Genital Tract Infections in Women of Reproductive Age
title_short Retrospective Analysis of the Ureaplasma Spp. Prevalence with Reference to Other Genital Tract Infections in Women of Reproductive Age
title_sort retrospective analysis of the ureaplasma spp. prevalence with reference to other genital tract infections in women of reproductive age
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944971/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2022-044
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