Who needs to be tested for mycoplasma?

Mycoplasma genitalium is mainly a latent infection, and the symptoms of mycoplasma infection are relatively insidious in clinical practice, and the symptoms are often mild or similar to the symptoms of general infection, which can easily lead to neglect or misdiagnosis and mistreatment by patients and doctors, resulting in prolongation and aggravation of the disease.More than 70% of women infected with mycoplasma have no obvious symptoms, and men often have clinical symptoms such as urethral discomfort and thin discharge. In view of these clinical features, we suggest that the examination for mycoplasma infection should be given high priority in clinical practice, and it is necessary as a routine examination for suspected patients. Early treatment can only be achieved if it is diagnosed early.

We recommend prompt testing for mycoplasma in the following populations:

1. Mycoplasma should be taken as a mandatory item in the pre-pregnancy eugenics examination.

2. Couples with a history of adverse pregnancy and childbirth (abortion, habitual miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth).

3. Patients with long-term abnormal vaginal discharge, occasional vulvar itching, and occasional vague or tingling pain in the lower abdomen.

4. Mucous or purulent discharge from the cervical orifice, cervical hypertrophy,Cervical erosionof women.

5. Patients with pelvic inflammatory disease confirmed by gynecological internal diagnosis (self-reported no symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease) or patients with pelvic inflammatory disease who have not been cured by general antibiotics for a long time.

6. Infertility patients who visit the hospital due to fallopian tube problems.

7. Infertility patients must check before pelvic operation.

8. Patients with a history of urinary urgency, urinary frequency, and painful urination.

9. Spouses of mycoplasma infected patients.