Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research Article

Detection of Ureaplasma Biovars and Subtyping of Ureaplasma parvum among Women Referring to a University Hospital in Morocco

Table 7

Ureaplasma biovars and U. parvum serovars according to geographical area.


Study, region	Study group	Prevalence % ()
		Ureaplasma spp.	UU	UP	UU/UP	SV UP
		Ureaplasma spp.	UU	UP	UU/UP	SV 1	SV 3/14	SV 6	Multiple SV

Our study, Morocco	1053: P and NP women	25.4 (268/1053)	12.1 (128/1053)	7 (74/1053)	6.3 (66/1053)	20 (28/140)	57.1 (80/140)	17.9 (25/140)	5 (7/140)
[21]; Italy	806: P and NP women	23 (186/806)	14 (22/158)	86 (136/158)	None	37 (50/136)	39 (53/136)	24 (33/136)	None
[3]; Croatia	1370: P and NP women	34.4 (471/1370)	7.4 (18/244^×)	92.6 (226/244^×)	None	ND	ND	ND	ND
Our study, Morocco	856: NP women	24.3 (208/856)	11.6 (99/856)	6.8 (58/856)	6 (51/856)	26.6 29/109	60.6 (66/109)	15.6 (22/109)	6.4 (7/109)
[22]; Brazil	302: sexually active NP women	76.2^≠ (230/302)	16.6 (50/302)	60.6 (183/302)	4.6 (14/302)	23.6 (37/156^”)	39.5 (62/156^”)	40.8 (64/156^”)	11.5 (18/156^”)
Our study; Morocco	197: P women	30.5 (60/197)	14.7 (29/197)	8.1 (16/197)	7.6 (15/197)	9.7 (3/31)	64.5 (20/31)	25.8 (8/31)	None
[14]; Australia	191: P women	48 (91/191)	13 (25/191)	39 (74/191)	ND	15.3 (11/72^#)	SV3: 37.5 (27/72^#) SV14: 0 (0/72^#)	43 (31/72^#) SV6.1: 1.4 (1/72^#)	2.8 (2/72^#)
[5]; Australia	78: U from vaginal swabs of P women	78 Ureaplasma positives	19.2 (15/78)	79.5 (62/78)	1.3 (1/78)	27 (17/63)	49 (31/63)	16 (10/63)	8 (5/63)
[23]; United States	169: U from vaginal swabs of P women	169 Ureaplasma positives	14 (24/169)	81 (137/169)	4 (7/169^±)	23 (33/144)	SV3: 59.7 (86/144) SV14: 4.2 (6/144)	28.5 (41/144)	ND

P: pregnant; NP: nonpregnant; UU: Ureaplasma urealyticum; UP: Ureaplasma parvum; SV: serovar; ND: not determined. Total culture positive only for Ureaplasma urealyticum.^×Only 244 samples were successfully genotyped to UU and UP. ^≠76.2% (230/302) of the women studied were colonized by Mollicutes. ^”27 U. parvum positives were negative for all four known U. parvum serovars. ^#No amplification 1% (2/72). ^±Negative Ureaplasma spp. 1% (1/169).