Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: August | Volume: 7 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 15-25
The Relationship between Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum Bacterial Infections and Infertility in Women of Reproductive Age Couples
Lili Fitriati Rahmah1, Elizabeth Bahar2, Fika Tri Anggraini3, Andani Eka Putra2
1Magister of Midwifery, 2Department of Microbiology, 3Department of Physiology,
Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia,
Corresponding Author: Andani Eka Putra
ABSTRACT
Infertility is a failure to raise children after having approximately 12 months of regular marital contact without using contraception. One of the factors that influence infertility is infections including infections of M. hominis and U. urealyticum bacteria. This study aimed to determine the relation between M. hominis and U. urealyticum bacterial infections and infertility in women of reproductive age couples.
This research was analytic with case control design of endocervical swab on infertile women of reproductive age couples and 33 fertile women of reproductive age couple. This research was conducted in the Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Andalas from March 2019 to April 2020. Then, the sample was tested molecularly. M. hominis and U. urealyticum bacterial infections were examined by using PCR with a length of M. hominis product of 509 bp and U. urealyticum of 429 bp. Data processing was analyzed statistically by using the chi-square test.
The results showed that in infertile and fertile women of reproductive age couples, M. hominis was not found, but U. urealyticum was found in infertile and fertile women, but there was no statistical relation with the infertility in women of reproductive age couples, p = 0.091 and OR value = 0.313.
The conclusion of this study is that there is no statistical relation between M. hominis and U. urealyticum bacterial infections and infertility in women of reproductive age couples
Keywords: Infertile, M. hominis, U. urealyticum, Women of Reproductive Age Couples
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