Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum in Chongming District, Shanghai, China from 2020 to 2023.

ABSTRACT: Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) and Mycoplasma hominis (MH) can lead to various genital and extragenital infections, with antibiotic resistance growing and varying wordwide. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and antibiotic resistance profiles of MH and UU in outpatients in Shanghai, China, from 2020 to 2023. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2023. Trends of MH, UU and coinfection (MH and UU coinfection), rate of antibiotic resistance during 2020 and 2023 were analyzed based on Cochran-Armitage trend test. We analyzed the prevalence and antibiotics resistance rate base on chi-square test or a single sample t-test. Our study indicated that the overall positive rate of MH, UU and coinfection were 13.47%, 32.13%, and 11.21%, respe

SUBMITTER: Fang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12622697 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature