Pelvic Inflammatory Disease With Special Reference To Mycoplasma Genitalium in A Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

Mycoplasma genitalium , a  pathogenic bacterium which  lives on the ciliated epithelial cells of the urinary and genital tracts in humans . It was first identified in the early 1980s among men with non-gonococcal urethritis.The study was conducted on 50 women, divided into two groups: 25 cases with Clinically suspected Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (study group) and 25healthy women (control group). Three cervical swabs were collected from each case and sent for bacteriological examination for mycoplasmas. Present study was conducted from August 2012 to December 2015 in a Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata for the detection of M. genitalium.6 specimens were PCR positive for Mycoplasma genitalium . From the Control group none of the specimens were PCR positive for Mycoplasma genitalium . From the 6 women from whom M. genitaliumwas isolated their husband’s urethral swabs were also collected and shown PCR positive for Mycoplasma genitalium. Among this six women four belongs to age group 20 to 30 years where as two from 30-40 years.