"Mycoplasma hominis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A common inhabitant of the vagina and cervix and a potential human pathogen, causing infections of the male and female reproductive tracts. It has also been associated with respiratory disease and pharyngitis. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
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D019535
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.860.580.553.553.400
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycoplasma hominis" by people in Profiles.
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Vaginal IL-8 levels are positively associated with Candida albicans and inversely with lactobacilli in HIV-infected women. J Reprod Immunol. 2008 Jun; 78(1):76-9.
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Relationship of U1 cell HIV-stimulatory activity to bacterial vaginosis and HIV genital tract virus load. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2005 Nov; 21(11):945-8.
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Utility of Amsel criteria, Nugent score, and quantitative PCR for Gardnerella vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Lactobacillus spp. for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Sep; 43(9):4607-12.
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Female genital-tract HIV load correlates inversely with Lactobacillus species but positively with bacterial vaginosis and Mycoplasma hominis. J Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 01; 191(1):25-32.