Ascending Reproductive Tract Infection in Pig-Tailed Macaques Inoculated with Mycoplasma genitalium.

ABSTRACT: Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen that causes urogenital disease in men and women. M. genitalium infections can persist for months to years and can ascend to the upper reproductive tract in women where it is associated with serious sequelae including pelvic inflammatory disease, tubal factor infertility, and preterm birth. An animal model is needed to understand immune evasion strategies that allow persistence, mechanisms of ascending infection, and factors associated with clearance. In earlier studies, we determined that pig-tailed macaques are susceptible to cervical infection; however, not all primates were successfully infected, persistence varied between animals, and ascension to the upper reproductive tract was not observed after 4 or 8 weeks of follo

SUBMITTER: Aguila LKT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9202418 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature