Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research (Nov 2020)

Examination of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in 4082 Chinese patients

  • Wei-wei Zheng,
  • Wen-jing Zhang,
  • Di Cui,
  • Zheng-chao Nie,
  • Bang-sheng Ding,
  • Jiang-hua Cheng,
  • Chuan-zhong Mei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1414-431x202010099
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54, no. 2

Abstract

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The objective of this study was to analyze the infection rate and drug resistance of Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) and Mycoplasma hominis (MH) in the genitourinary tract of Chinese patients. From December 2018 to June 2019, vaginal secretion or urinary secretion of outpatients in our hospital were selected for culture and drug sensitivity analysis of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis. In 4082 Chinese samples, 1567 Mycoplasma were detected, a detection rate of 38.39%, among which 1366 cases were UU single positive, accounting for 33.47%, 15 cases were MH single positive, accounting for 0.36%, 186 cases were UU and MH mixed positive, accounting for 4.56%. The most affected age groups were 21-30 years and 31-40 years, accounting for 19.09 and 15.05%, respectively. The results of drug sensitivity showed that doxycycline, minocycline, josamycin, clarithromycin, and roxithromycin were more sensitive to mycoplasma infection. The distribution of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in the human genitourinary system and their sensitivity to antibiotics is different for sex and age groups.

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