GENERALIZED MYCOPLASMA INFECTION IN PATIENTS AND CARRIERS

Aim. Study of possibility of generalization of mycoplasma infection in patients with urogenital pathology. Materials and methods. Among the examined patients 5 males characterized by risky sexual behavior with pronounced symptoms of infection or without those were selected. Patients were examined by a complex of methods for the presence of mycoplasma infection by culture, PCR, DFA, PHA, AHR and by detection of specific immune complexes in blood sera. Scrapes from urogenital tract, blood sera samples, urine, saliva, prostatic fluid were materials for the study. Results. In blood of all patients in ELISA antibodies against Mycoplasma hominis were detected; in PHA they were detected only in 2 individuals. In all the patients in blood CIC were detected including antigens and DNA of one or several mycoplasma species. Sperm of 3 individuals was infected by Ureaplasma spp., 2 - M. genitalium. In saliva of 2 individuals M. hominis was detected, 3 - U. urealyticum. Conclusion. In all the examined patients the infection was shown to have generalized character. This phenomenon presents itself as quite significant because mycoplasma may cause anti-apoptotic and oncogenic effect.

mycoplasma infections, infection process generalization