Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Oluwatosin Goje

Publications

• Research Article
  Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Mycoplasma genitalium in Gynecologic Patients
  Author(s): Oluwatosin Goje, Jessian L Munoz, Frederick S Nolte and David E SoperOluwatosin Goje, Jessian L Munoz, Frederick S Nolte and David E Soper
  
  Objective: Mycoplasma genitalium has been recognized as a cause of male urethritis, and there is now evidence suggesting it causes cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women. Methods: Prevalence, risk factors and co-infections with other sexually transmitted pathogens were collected in a cross-sectional study looking at 400 women at the gynecologic clinics of a university medical center in the United States. Bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis were diagnosed using Amsel’s criteria, gram stain and trichomonas culture respectively. Cervicitis and PID were clinically diagnosed. After testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the residual cervical swab transport medium (Gen-Probe/Hologic®) was stored at -70°C. Stored samples were later analyzed for M. genitalium by a research use only transcription-mediated amplification assay using proc.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000694

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