IRRIGATION TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTION OF MYCOPLASMA INTRA-UTERINE INFECTION IN INFERTILE PATIENTS

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 52  (5) , 588-590
Abstract
To improve the method for identification of Mycoplasma as a cause of unexplained infertility and to test whether mycoplasmal endometritis could be responsible for reproductive failure, successful endometrial jet washing technique was performed on 59 infertile patients. Sixteen patients (27%) showed positive Mycoplasma growth. Five patients (31%) from this group became pregnant within a few months following an antibiotic treatment. These results were compared with 50 control patients and only 3 (6%) showed positive Mycoplasma growth from endometrial washings. The data support the concept that endometritis due to Mycoplasma of T-strain or [M.] hominis can be a cause of infertility.

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