This study provides updated information on the prevalence and co-infections caused by genital microorganisms and pathogens: Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma parvum, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Gardnerella vaginalis, by retrospectively analyzing a cohort of patients living in the Naples metropolitan area, Campania region, Southern Italy. To investigate the genital infections prevalence in clinical specimens (vaginal/endocervical swabs and urines) collected from infertile asymptomatic women and men from November 2018 to December 2020, we used a multiplex real-time PCR assay. Of the 717 specimens collected, 302 (42.1%) resulted positive for at least one of the targets named above. Statistically significant differences in genital prevalence of selected microorganisms were detected in both women (62.91%) and men (37.08%). G. vaginalis and U. parvum represented the most common findings with an 80.2% and 16.9% prevalence in vaginal/endocervical swabs and first-voided urines, respectively. Prevalence of multiple infections was 18.18% and 8.19% in women and men, respectively. The most frequent association detected was the co-infection of G. vaginalis and U. parvum with 60% prevalence. Our epidemiological analysis suggests different infection patterns between genders, highlighting the need to implement a preventative screening strategy of genital infections to reduce the complications on reproductive organs.

Molecular Epidemiology of Genital Infections in Campania Region: A Retrospective Study / Scaglione, Elena; Mantova, Giuseppe; Caturano, Valeria; Fanasca, Luca; Carraturo, Francesca; Farina, Fabrizio; Pagliarulo, Caterina; Vitiello, Mariateresa; Pagliuca, Chiara; Salvatore, Paola; Colicchio, Roberta. - In: DIAGNOSTICS. - ISSN 2075-4418. - 12:1798(2022), pp. 1-11. [10.3390/diagnostics12081798]

Molecular Epidemiology of Genital Infections in Campania Region: A Retrospective Study

Scaglione, Elena;Mantova, Giuseppe;Caturano, Valeria;Fanasca, Luca;Carraturo, Francesca;Vitiello, Mariateresa;Pagliuca, Chiara;Salvatore, Paola
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Colicchio, Roberta
2022

Abstract

This study provides updated information on the prevalence and co-infections caused by genital microorganisms and pathogens: Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma parvum, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Gardnerella vaginalis, by retrospectively analyzing a cohort of patients living in the Naples metropolitan area, Campania region, Southern Italy. To investigate the genital infections prevalence in clinical specimens (vaginal/endocervical swabs and urines) collected from infertile asymptomatic women and men from November 2018 to December 2020, we used a multiplex real-time PCR assay. Of the 717 specimens collected, 302 (42.1%) resulted positive for at least one of the targets named above. Statistically significant differences in genital prevalence of selected microorganisms were detected in both women (62.91%) and men (37.08%). G. vaginalis and U. parvum represented the most common findings with an 80.2% and 16.9% prevalence in vaginal/endocervical swabs and first-voided urines, respectively. Prevalence of multiple infections was 18.18% and 8.19% in women and men, respectively. The most frequent association detected was the co-infection of G. vaginalis and U. parvum with 60% prevalence. Our epidemiological analysis suggests different infection patterns between genders, highlighting the need to implement a preventative screening strategy of genital infections to reduce the complications on reproductive organs.
2022
Molecular Epidemiology of Genital Infections in Campania Region: A Retrospective Study / Scaglione, Elena; Mantova, Giuseppe; Caturano, Valeria; Fanasca, Luca; Carraturo, Francesca; Farina, Fabrizio; Pagliarulo, Caterina; Vitiello, Mariateresa; Pagliuca, Chiara; Salvatore, Paola; Colicchio, Roberta. - In: DIAGNOSTICS. - ISSN 2075-4418. - 12:1798(2022), pp. 1-11. [10.3390/diagnostics12081798]
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