Role of Mycoplasma hominis in Bacterial Vaginosis

Female genital-tract HIV load correlates inversely with Lactobacillus species but positively with bacterial vaginosis and Mycoplasma hominis.

BACKGROUND Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition. We examined the association between BV and BV-associated bacteria and expression of HIV in the female genital tract. METHODS HIV RNA, lactobacilli, Gardnerella vaginalis, and Mycoplasma hominis in cervicovaginal lavage (CVL) samples were quantified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Gynecol...

Mycoplasma hominis in pregnancy.

One hundred and seventyone antenatal patients were examined for the presence of ;large colony' mycoplasmas in the vagina, and for complement-fixing antibody to Mycoplasma hominis. In 25 patients the findings before and after delivery were compared. In patients from whom M. hominis was grown, antibody was twice as common after delivery, and the development of antibody was sometimes associated wi...

Role of Bacterial Vaginosis in Peripartum Infections

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this prospective investigation was to determine if the presence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) at the time of delivery was associated with the development of maternal and neonatal infection. METHODS Vaginal fluid was collected from 390 laboring patients. Smears of the vaginal secretions were gram stained, and slides were scored and interpreted as normal, intermediate, an...

Characteristics of Mycoplasma Hominis

Ultrastructure of Mycoplasma hominis.

Anderson, Douglas R. (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.), and Michael F. Barile. Ultrastructure of Mycoplasma hominis. J. Bacteriol. 90:180-192. 1965.-Both thin-sectioning and negative staining were used in an electron microscopic study of the morphology of pleuropneumonia-like organism (PPLO) strain HEp-2 (Mycoplasma hominis, type I) grown in an artificial liquid medium. The morphology ...