Search for dissertations about: "MYCOPLASMA-GENITALIUM"

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  2. 1. Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium by genetic and serological methods

    Author : Margaretha Jurstrand; Hans Fredlund; Erik Kihlström; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : Chlamydia trachomatis; genotyping; contact tracing; sexually transmitted diseases; Mycoplasma genitalium; PCR; serology; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicin; Medicine;

    Abstract : Chlamydia trachomatis infections are associated with a spectrum of clinical diseases including urethritis, prostatitis and epididymitis among men and cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), with an increased risk of infertility and ectopic pregnancy (EP), among women. In the search for other pathogens causing urethritis, Mycoplasma genitalium was isolated from urethral specimens from two men with acute urethritis (1980). READ MORE

  4. 2. PCR detection and prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium

    Author : Andreas Edberg; Hans Fredlund; Ann Erlandsson; Anders Bäckman; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; PCR. Real-time PCR. Mycoplasma genitalium. Endocervical. Urogenital.; Medical microbiology; Medicinsk mikrobiologi; Clinical bacteriology; Klinisk bakteriologi; Biomedical Sciences; Biomedicinsk vetenskap;

    Abstract : Chlamydia and gonorrhea are major causes of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in adolescents worldwide. The infections are caused by Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae, bacteria with clinical manifestations such as urethritis, prostatitis and epididymitis among men, and urethritis, cervicitis and upper genital tract infection (i.e. READ MORE

  5. 3. Clinical aspects of Mycoplasma genitalium infection

    Author : Eva Björnelius; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The microorganism Mycoplasma (M.) genitalium was first isolated by culture in 1980. Further attempts to culture this mycoplasma were difficult because of its slow growing nature. The development of polymerase chain reaction methods has made it possible to detect M. READ MORE

  6. 4. Recent Developments of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma Infections in Women

    Author : Carina Bjartling; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; uro-genital infection; Chlamydia trachomatis; Mycoplasma genitalium; pelvic inflammatory disease; cervicitis; ectopic pregnancy;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to elucidate developments in epidemiology, clinical manifestations and complications in Chlamydia trachomatis (C.trachomatis) and Mycoplasma genitalium (M.genitalium) infection. READ MORE

  7. 5. Urethritis and cervicitis with special reference to Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium : diagnostic and epidemiological aspects

    Author : Lars Falk; Torvald Ripa; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to elucidate urethritis and cervicitis and the possible causes with special reference to Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium. Despite mandatory partner notification legislated in 1988, the incidence of C trachomatis infection in Sweden has undergone a 10% annual increase since 1997, following a decline in the early 1990s. READ MORE