Sexual Activity and Vaginal Colonization With Genital Mycoplasmas
- 18 September 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 221 (12) , 1375-1377
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1972.03200250017004
Abstract
The relationship of sexual activity to vaginal colonization with the genital mycoplasmas (T-strain mycoplasmas andMycoplasmahominis) was studied in 183 student and graduate nurses. Participants with no history of sexual contact were virtually free of mycoplasmas, whereas 37.5% of those with a history of intercourse with a single partner and 75.0% of those who had had intercourse with three or more partners were colonized with T-mycoplasmas. These data suggest that T-mycoplasmas are acquired through sexual contact and are part of the vaginal flora of healthy sexually active young women.Keywords
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