Presence of Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, and Other Bacteria
in the Upper and Lower Genital Tracts of Fertile and Infertile Populations

Mark G. Martens; Ronald L. Young; Marco Uribe; V. C. Buttram; Sebastian Faro

doi:10.1155/S1064744993000201

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1993)

Presence of Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, and Other Bacteria in the Upper and Lower Genital Tracts of Fertile and Infertile Populations

Mark G. Martens,
Ronald L. Young,
Marco Uribe,
V. C. Buttram,
Sebastian Faro

Affiliations

Mark G. Martens: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0587, USA
Ronald L. Young: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Marco Uribe: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
V. C. Buttram: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Sebastian Faro: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744993000201
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 85 – 90

Abstract

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Objective: The genital mycoplasmas (Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum) and Chlamydia trachomatis have been implicated as possible etiologic factors in infertility. Their role in patients with infertility needs to be further defined.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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