Frequency of Anti-Mycoplasma hominis Antibodies in Infertile Women Referred to Al-Zahra Hospital in Tabriz, Iran | Zendy

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Frequency of Anti-Mycoplasma hominis Antibodies in Infertile Women Referred to Al-Zahra Hospital in Tabriz, Iran

Author(s) -

Zahra Mohammadoghli Reihan,

Mehdi Ghiami Rad,

Mahtab Sattari

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

medical laboratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2538-4449

DOI - 10.29252/mlj.11.5.22

Subject(s) - mycoplasma hominis , medicine , gynecology , antibody , mycoplasma , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Background and Objectives: Infertility is one of the important causes of anxiety in couples. Infections caused by genital Mycoplasmas may have harmful effects on the reproductive health of women, and sometimes lead to infertility. This study was designed to determine frequency of anti-Mycoplasma hominis antibodies in infertile women at Al-Zahra Hospital, Tabriz, Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, serum from 184 infertile women and 100 healthy pregnant women were tested for presence of M. hominis IgM and IgG antibodies by ELISA. Data collected were analyzed in SPSS (version 17) using t-test at significance level of

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