Association between Mycoplasma genitalium and preterm labor
Kovachev, E.; Popova, A.; Protopopov, F.; Minkov, R.; Tsvetkova, S.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiia 41(6): 26-29
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0324-0959 PMID: 12577501 Document Number: 550941
M. genitalium was identified by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The samples were obtained from the posterior vaginal fornix between 21-25 gestation weeks and investigated for PH, Gram Stain for bacterial vaginosis; Chlamidia trachomartis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Trichomonas vaginalis. Of 102 pregnant women, only five had a PCR-positive for M. genitalium. The occurrence of M. genitalium in posterior vaginal fornix at midtrimester is infrequent in pregnant women and unlikely to be a contributing factor for spontaneous preterm birth.
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