Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 984760, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/984760
Research Article

Mycoplasma genitalium among Young, Urban Pregnant Women

Vanessa L. Short,1 Jørgen S. Jensen,2 Deborah B. Nelson,3 Pamela J. Murray,4 Roberta B. Ness,5 and Catherine L. Haggerty1

1Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
2Mycoplasma Laboratory, Statens Serum Institut, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
3Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
4Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
5The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77225, USA

Received 24 November 2009; Revised 24 February 2010; Accepted 24 February 2010

Academic Editor: Jane R. Schwebke

Copyright © 2010 Vanessa L. Short et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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