Prevalence and significance of Mycoplasma genitalium in women living with HIV in Denmark.
Anne Marie Rosendahl MadsenKristina ThorsteinssonAnne-Mette LebechMerete StorgaardTerese L KatzensteinFrederikke F RönsholtIsik Somuncu JohansenGitte PedersenLars Noerregaard NielsenAase Bengaard AndersenJørgen Skov JensenPublished in: BMC research notes (2017)
We tested cervical samples for M. genitalium by specific PCR. We found three samples positive (1.3%). The women were between 30 and 50 years old, all were of Asian origin, sexually active, and on antiretroviral treatment with supressed HIV RNA and CD4 count >350 cells/µL. None reported symptoms from the lower abdomen. The prevalence of M. genitalium infection in WLWH in Denmark is low, thus systematic screening for M. genitalium in this group does not seem relevant.
Keyphrases
- hiv infected
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- risk factors
- hiv aids
- antiretroviral therapy
- induced apoptosis
- pregnancy outcomes
- hepatitis c virus
- cervical cancer screening
- men who have sex with men
- hiv infected patients
- cell cycle arrest
- hiv testing
- breast cancer risk
- type diabetes
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- insulin resistance
- oxidative stress
- nk cells
- depressive symptoms