The study draws attention to the possibility of falsely positive and negative results obtained by commercial test for detection of Mycoplasma hominis in clinical samples. Material/Methods: 5,715 samples were compared using the Mycoplasma IST 2 kit (BioMerieux) with conventional culture on PPLO (pleuropneumonia like organism) media. The discordant results were verified by PCR method using primer...

PURPOSE Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Ureaplasma urealyticum are associated with various diseases of the urogenital tract, but they are usually not detected by routine microbiological diagnosis. To determine the occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Ureaplasma urealyticum in patients with sterile pyuria. ...

BACKGROUND Mycoplasma infections are suggested as etiology of adverse pregnancy outcomes. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of Mycoplasma hominis (M. hominis) infection and spontaneous abortion among pregnant women. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this case-control study that was conducted from August 2012 to January 2013, totally, 109 women were included with spontan...

BACKGROUND It has been recognized that infectious agents, such as different bacteria and viruses, may play a role in the developing of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recently, the mycoplasma species has been implicated in the pathogenesis of RA. AIM The aim of this study was to design a multiplex PCR for rapid and simultaneous detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, and Mycoplasma...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that the vaginal microenvironment plays a role in persistence of high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infection and thus cervical carcinogenesis. Furthermore, it has been shown that some mycoplasmas are efficient methylators and may facilitate carcinogenesis through methylation of hrHPV and cervical somatic cells. We examined associations between preva...

The phylogenetic positions of the porcine mycoplasmas Mycoplasma hyosynoviae and Mycoplasma hyopharyngis were determined by using PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene sequences. M. hyosynoviae is a member of the Mycoplasma hominis group, while M. hyopharyngis belongs to the Mycoplasma fermentans group of mollicutes. Neither species is closely related to previously characterized porcine mycoplasmas belon...

Mycoplasma hominis has been related with pelvic inflammatory illnesses and postpartum and neonatal infections. Extragenital M. hominis infections are rare, but septicemia, septic arthritis, wound infection, meningitis, and other infections in Immunocompromised patients have also been described. Here we report two cases of septic arthritis caused by M. hominis in patients following total knee re...