PREVALENCE OF MYCOPLASMA-GENITALIUM IN ASYMPTOMATIC MEN IN JAPAN

Authors
UNO M DEGUCHI T SAITO A YASUDA M KOMEDA H KAWADA Y
Citation
M. Uno et al., PREVALENCE OF MYCOPLASMA-GENITALIUM IN ASYMPTOMATIC MEN IN JAPAN, International journal of STD & AIDS, 8(4), 1997, pp. 259-260
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
International journal of STD & AIDS → ACNP
ISSN journal
09564624
Volume
8
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
259 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-4624(1997)8:4<259:POMIAM>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We aim to clarify the prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium in asymptoma tic men in Japan. First-catch urine specimens were obtained from 187 a symptomatic Japanese men and examined for the presence of M. genitaliu m using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay. Two (1.1%) of 1 87 first-catch urine specimens were positive for M. genitalium. The pr evalence of M. genitalium in wine specimens of asymptomatic men in Jap an is lower than that in asymptomatic men in the UK (6%) and Denmark ( 9%).