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Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium and Ureaplasma urealyticum Infection in Female Commercial Sex Workers
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Gilho Lee, Hee Yoon Park
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Korean J Urogenit Tract Infect Inflamm 2010;5(2):182-187. Published online October 31, 2010
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- "Purpose: To detect Ureaplasma urealyticum (U. urealyticum) and Mycoplasma genitalium (M. genitalium) infections in female commercial sex workers (FCSW) in Korea. Materials and Methods: Total 127 samples from FCSWs were randomly collected. Endo-cervical swab was obtained and DNA was extracted from the samples. Gene amplification was performed with specific primers for U. urealyticum and M. genitalium from the patients’ DNA. Results: Of the 127 samples, 49 samples were positive by amplification of U. urealyticum and 7 samples were positive by amplification of M. genitalium. In this study, the prevalence of U. urealyticum and M. genitalium in FCSW were 38.5% and 5.51%, respectively. Conclusions: Detection of U. urealyticum was relatively high, whereas detection of M. genitalium was relatively low in FCSW in Korea. Further studies should be performed to characterize the mycoplasma infections in sexually transmitted infectious core groups."
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