Frequency of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum infections in women with systemic lupus erythematosus

Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) and Mycoplasma hominis (MH) have been detected in the urine of women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We evaluated the presence of these mycoplasma in the endocervix of women presenting SLE. A total of 40 SLE patients (mean age 40.2 years), and 51 healthy women (m...

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Main Authors: Alcyone A. Machado, Alessandro R. Zorzi, Ana Eugênia A. Gléria, Eduardo A. Donadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2001-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822001000300003&tlng=en