A study on Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species and their association with gonorrhea in infertile females in Tikrit district

B. Issa, Sinan

	A study on Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species and their association with gonorrhea in infertile females in Tikrit district
Medical Journal of Tikrit
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 161, 2012, Pages 98-104
Author
Sinan B. Issa
Abstract
Humans can be infected with Mycoplasma or Ureaplasma, and they may have no symptoms at all. About 38% of infertility can be traced to a previous sexually transmitted infection (STI). A cross- sectional community based study was held in Tikrit city and its surrounding from Jan. 2008 to the end of Oct. 2008 to detect the rate of Mycoplasma, and Ureaplasma infections among infertile females in Tikrit city and its surroundings and their association with gonorrhea cases. Cervical swabs of 52 infertile females were examined via gram stained smear under the microscope to detect Neisseria gonorrhoeae cases, and then cultured directly onto PPLO broth media for the detection of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species. Data showed that PPLO media revealed positive results in 18 of the cases (34.6%), whereas Neisseria gonorrhoeae was detected in 31 females (59.6%) on gram stained smear and culture techniques. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma were detected in 16 of these N. gonorrhoeae cases (i.e. more than half of them). Most of N. gonorrhoeae cases were seen among primary infertility, whereas most of the Mycoplasma & Ureaplasma infections were seen in secondary infertility cases. High failure rates of antibiotics was reported among these females with vaginal discharge (69.8%). Emphasis on appropriate antibiotic regimens of new drugs and/or combined drugs therapy are recommended here to overcome the resistance, both with the proper diagnosis to detect these cases of sexual transmitted infections.
Keywords
A study on Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species and their association

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