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Association between Mycoplasma genitalium and acute endometritis.
(2002)
Up to 70% of cases of pelvic inflammatory disease do not have a known cause. We recruited 115 women who had presented to a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya with pelvic pain that had persisted for ...
Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium in women with laparoscopically diagnosed acute salpingitis.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2005)
OBJECTIVES:
Mycoplasma genitalium has been associated with cervicitis, endometritis, and tubal factor infertility. Because the ability of this bacterium to ascend and infect the fallopian tube remains undefined, we ...
Mycoplasma genialium infection and persistence in a cohort of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2007)
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this study was to assess the risk factors for and persistence of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) in a highly exposed female population in Kenya.
STUDY DESIGN:
Two hundred fifty-eight sex workers ...
Detection of novel organisms associated with salpingitis, by use of 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction.
(University of Washington, 2004)
Although Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are established causes of salpingitis, the majority of cases have no known etiology. We used broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction to identify novel, possibly ...