Ureaplasma urealyticum
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Ureaplasma urealyticum is a small bacterium belonging to the genus Ureaplasma from the class of Mollicutes (type strain T960).
description
This facultatively pathogenic microorganism can be part of the urogenital flora in men and women. Ureaplasma urealyticum has no cell wall , placing it against some antibiotics (eg. As penicillin ) resistant is. The incubation period is approx. 10 to 14 days.
Symptoms
The bacterium can cause numerous diseases:
- non-specific urethritis (non-gonococcal urethritis )
- Inflammation of the bladder ( cystitis )
- Inflammation of the prostate ( prostatitis )
- Inflammation of the testicles ( orchitis )
- infertility
- Neonatal sepsis ( chorioamnionitis )
- premature birth
- pneumonia or meningitis in the perinatal period
- Bleeding
In women, they colonize the lower female genital tract and can often be transmitted from mother to child at birth. a. cause pneumonia or chronic central nervous system infection.
Men can develop a widespread infection that begins in the urethra, then leads to a bladder infection and can spread to the prostate, testes and kidneys. The testicular infection can lead to sterility and is usually associated with fever and severe pain.
proof
Normally, detection is only possible via a smear and not with the usual bacterial culture media for urine cultures. The bacteria can only be detected with special culture media or direct microscopy. In practice, however, these detection methods are rarely used, which can lead to misdiagnosis.
treatment
Depending on the severity of the infection, antibiotics are used for up to 28 days. If the sexual partner is infected, partner treatment should also take place in order to prevent re-infection via sexual intercourse. Most often doxycycline from the group of tetracyclines or antibiotics from the group of macrolides are used. The chances of recovery are generally considered to be good.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oethinger, M (Ed.): Microbiology and Immunology, short textbook for the catalog of objects 2 . 9th edition. Fischer, Stuttgart, Jena, Lübeck, Ulm 1997, ISBN 3-437-51080-0 , pp. 91 .