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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
Mycoplasma have been suggested as co-factors in the pathogenesis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The prevalence of urethral infection by Mycoplasma genitalium was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with urethral swabs from 35 HIV-infected patients at different stages of the disease (all of them were heterosexual men). M genitalium was detected in 2 out of 19 non-AIDS (stage A and B) patients and in a similar proportion (1 out of 14; 7.1%) of samples from healthy individuals. A dramatic increase in the frequency of M. genitalium detection was observed in samples of AIDS (stage C) patients. In fact, 9 out of 16 (56.2%) specimens tested positive by PCR. We found no association in AIDS patients between M. genitalium infection and CD4 count, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) p24 antigenemia or opportunistic infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1121-7138
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8841035-AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Anti-HIV Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-HIV Seronegativity, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Mucous Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Mycoplasma, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Mycoplasma Infections, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Urethra, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Urethritis, pubmed-meshheading:8841035-Zidovudine
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium from urethral swabs of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Microbiology, University of Brescia, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article