ArticleBMC infectious diseases2011
'The difference in determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium in a sample of young Australian women'.
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- Frequency and genotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis in patients attending the obstetrics and gynecology clinics in Jalisco, Mexico and correlation with sociodemographic, behavioral, and biological factors.BMC women's health · 2017Article
- New Horizons in Mycoplasma genitalium Treatment.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2017Review
- Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in Men.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2017Review
- Rapid detection and strain typing of Chlamydia trachomatis using a highly multiplexed microfluidic PCR assay.PloS one · 2017Article
- Study of the prevalence and association of ocular chlamydial conjunctivitis in women with genital infection by Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium and Candida albicans attending outpatient clinic.International journal of ophthalmology · 2016Article
- Epidemiology of Mycoplasma genitalium in British men and women aged 16–44 years: evidence from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3).International journal of epidemiology · 2015Article
- The Prevalence of Endocervical Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Among Young Females in Kashan, Iran.Jundishapur journal of microbiology · 2015Article
- Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma hominis in urogenital tract of Brazilian women.BMC infectious diseases · 2015Article
- Mycoplasma genitalium testing pattern and macrolide resistance: a Danish nationwide retrospective survey.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundDifferences in the determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis ('chlamydia') and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) genital infection in women are not well understood.
methodsA cohort study of 16 to 25 year old Australian women recruited from primary health care clinics, aimed to determine chlamydia and MG prevalence and incidence. Vaginal swabs collected at recruitment were used to measure chlamydia and MG prevalence, organism-load and chlamydia-serovar a cross-sectional analysis undertaken on the baseline results is presented here.
resultsOf 1116 participants, chlamydia prevalence was 4.9% (95% CI: 2.9, 7.0) (n = 55) and MG prevalence was 2.4% (95% CI: 1.5, 3.3) (n = 27). Differences in the determinants were found - chlamydia not MG, was associated with younger age [AOR:0.9 (95% CI: 0.8, 1.0)] and recent antibiotic use [AOR:0.4 (95% CI: 0.2, 1.0)], and MG not chlamydia was associated with symptoms [AOR:2.1 (95% CI: 1.1, 4.0)]. Having two or more partners in last 12 months was more strongly associated with chlamydia [AOR:6.4 (95% CI: 3.6, 11.3)] than MG [AOR:2.2 (95% CI: 1.0, 4.6)] but unprotected sex with three or more partners was less strongly associated with chlamydia [AOR:3.1 (95%CI: 1.0, 9.5)] than MG [AOR:16.6 (95%CI: 2.0, 138.0)]. Median organism load for MG was 100 times lower (5.7 × 104/swab) than chlamydia (5.6 × 106/swab) (p < 0.01) and not associated with age or symptoms for chlamydia or MG.
conclusionsThese results demonstrate significant chlamydia and MG prevalence in Australian women, and suggest that the differences in strengths of association between numbers of sexual partners and unprotected sex and chlamydia and MG might be due to differences in the transmission dynamics between these infections.
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