PREVALENCE OF GENITAL MYCOPLASMA IN WOMEN WITH ABORTION,
A. Karmostaji, MSc*
* Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery,
PREVALENCE OF GENITAL MYCOPLASMA IN WOMEN WITH ABORTION,
A. Karmostaji, MSc*
* Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery,
Bacterial,
viral, parasitic and fungous infections in human and animals are related to
abortion and mycoplasmas are the more prevalent
causes of it.
Studies about
genital mycoplasma in abortion have been conducted so far. The present study
was designed to investigate the incidence of these micro organisms in the endocervix of women seeking abortion in comparison with
that of the control group.
A sample of
125 women with abortion and 250 women as control group was tested by the
filtration technique in culture media. The case and control groups were matched
based on age, education and job.
Correspondence to: A. Karmostaji Faculty
of Nursing & Midwifery,
Results showed that isolated bacteria in aborted cases was
higher than control group. 14.4% of the cases were infected with mycoplasma hominis and 31.2% with ureaplasma
urealyticum. The statistical analysis showed
significant differences between case and control groups, both in mycoplasma hominis and in ureaplasma uralyticum (p<0.05).
In
conclusion, according to the statistical analysis, there is a significant
relationship between these bacteria and abortion and presence of these bacterias in endocervix should be
noted and treated.
Keywords:
Mycoplasma – Abortion, Habitual - Prevalence