Contraception and cervical colonization with mycoplasmas and infection with cytomegalovirus.
Fertil Steril
; 26(11): 1135-9, 1975 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
The relationship of cervical colonization of genital mycoplasmas and infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) was studied in 66 intrauterine device (IUD) users as contrasted to 60 patients using oral contraception and 50 patients using neither an IUD nor oral contraception. No significant increase in colonization or genital mycoplasmas or infection with CMV was noted in IUD users. No CMV was isolated from users of the cooper-t IUD. It is unlikely that genital mycoplasmas are related to either the increased immunoglobulin levels seen in patients using the IUD or the antifertility effects of the IUD.
ABSTRACT
PIP An ivestigation based on the hypothesis that the IUD might induce an endometritis related to a nonbacterial infection was undertaken in 66 IUD users and contrasted to 60 oral contraceptive (OC) users and 50 nonusers of OCs and IUDs. The relationship of cervical colonization of genital mycoplasmas and infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) was studied yielding the following information 1) Genital mycoplasma colonization among the groups studied differed insignificantly; 2) An insignificant increase in colonization of genital mycoplasmas or infection with CMV was noted in IUD users; 3) There were no CMV isolates from the group using the Copper T IUD; 4) CMV infection did not appear to be significantly increased by IUD presence; and 5) The overall rate of 5.2% of CMV infection was comparable with that of other studies. Results indicated the unlikelyhood that genital mycoplasmas are related to either the increased immunoglobulin levels noted in patients using the IUD or to the IUD's antifertility effects.
Palavras-chave
Biology; Cervical Effects; Cervix; Clinical Research; Contraception; Contraceptive Methods--side effects; Diseases; Family Planning; Genitalia; Genitalia, Female; Hematological Effects; Hemic System; Immunoglobulin Alterations; Infections--etiology; Iud--side effects; Oral Contraceptives--side effects; Physiology; Research Methodology; Urogenital System; Uterus
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Colo do Útero
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Anticoncepção
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Anticoncepção Imunológica
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Anticoncepcionais Orais
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Anticoncepcionais Orais Hormonais
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Citomegalovirus
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Dispositivos Intrauterinos
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Mycoplasma
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1975
Tipo de documento:
Article