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Optimized PCR-based Detection of Mycoplasma
Published on: June 20, 2011
The role of mycoplasma among 81 consecutive pregnancies: a prospective study
International Journal of Fertility
|January 1, 1980
Abstract:
1. Among 41 previously positive and treated pregnant patients who were retreated when pregnant, the fetal wastage was 15%. 2. Among 40 previously negative or never cultured pregnant patients, the fetal wastage was 25%. 3. The incidence of previous major fertility surgery was 32% for the previously positive patients, but only 7% for the previously negative patients. 4. All of the 43 1-year-old children whose mothers received Vibramycin during early pregnancy have now been reported to be normal.
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