[Detecting Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis and Mycoplasma genitalium in the urogenital tract].

OBJECTIVE

To epidemiological study of ureaplasma urealyticum (UU), mycoplasma hominis (MH) and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) in the urogenital tract of different groups of people.

METHOD: Polymerase chain reaction was used. Clinical urogenital tract specimens were collected from Beijing, Wuhan and Shantou STD patients and different groups of women in Beijing.

RESULTS

The positive rates of UU and MH were higher than those of MG. In STD high risk group of people, the positive rates of mycoplasmas were correlated with the degree of sexual abuse positively. The positive rates of UU and MH in none STD high risk group of people could be relatively high, especially UU in the pregnant women.

CONCLUSIONS

The relationship between infection and inhabitant of mycoplasmas in the urogenital tract is worthy to be studied further.