T-MYCOPLASMA IN HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 54  (5) , 558-561
Abstract
Fifty women of child-bearing age, half of whom had infertility problems, were studied. The infertile group more commonly yielded U. urealyticum on culture (84% vs. 60%), had more than twice the recoveries from the endocervical canal than fertile women had (80% vs. 36%) and grew a much higher log number of T mycoplasma from this locus. No particular serotype predominated as an isolate from infertile women in this study, although antisera to serotype 3 inhibited growth of most of the T mycoplasma recovered. Strains insensitive to erythromycin were recoverable from more than half of the fertile women. Of 143 patients without fertility problems, there was no significant difference in Ureaplasma isolation between women who used an intrauterine device and those who did not.

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