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Ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis in women with systemic lupus erythematosus

✍ Scribed by Katherine S. Ginsburg; Ruth B. Kundsin; Carl W. Walter; Peter H. Schur

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
473 KB
Volume
35
Category
Article
ISSN
0004-3591

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✦ Synopsis

Objective. To determine the prevalence of genitourinary mycoplasma infection in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Methods. Urine specimens from 49 patients with SLE and 22 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were cultured for mycoplasma. Patient records were reviewed for medical history and SLE disease activity.

Results. Sixty-three percent of the SLE patients were culture positive, compared with 4.5% of the CFS patients (P < 0.001). Neither corticosteroid treatment, SLE activity, nor age accounted for this difference.

Conclusion. Genitourinary mycoplasma colonization occurs significantly more frequently in SLE than in CFS.

The mycoplasmas are a group of microorganisms which cause a variety of human diseases involv-From the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology and the Robert B. Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Department of Medicine and the

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