DNA TEST FOR THE DETECTION OF UROGENITAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

16.01.2024Uncategorized

Urogenital infections are most commonly urethritis in men and cervicitis and vaginitis in women. They are caused by gonococcal and non-gonococcal microorganisms. Gonococcal infection (gonorrhoea) is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Gonococcal infections are caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis и Trichomonas vaginalis.

Symptoms

Clinical symptomatology includes purulent or mucopurulent discharge, which may be accompanied by redness, swelling, dysuria and itching. Chronic and untreated infection may progress to vulvovaginitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, acute and chronic pelvic pain, puerperal fever and infertility in women, and to prostatitis, testicular inflammation and also infertility in men. Recent studies have shown a link between infection with T. vaginalis in men and prostate cancer.

In many cases, however, urogenital infections remain asymptomatic, making diagnosis based on the available clinical symptomatology alone unreliable.

The microorganisms listed above are also an important neonatal pathogen, as untreated maternal infection can cause amnionitis, preterm birth, low birth weight or perinatal mortality, eye infection (trachoma, conjunctivitis), and pulmonary complications in the newborn.

Identification of the above pathogenic microorganisms is performed by PCR. It is based on the specific determination of the DNA of the pathogenic micro-organisms concerned. The method is characterised by high sensitivity and specificity (>99,9%).

Material for DNA analysis in women: vaginal swab or cervical swab (from the cervix).
Material for DNA analysis in men: ejaculate, urine (first morning) or urethral swab.

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  • Chlamydia trachomatis (Chlamydia)
  • Lymphogranuloma venereum
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhoea)
  • Mycoplasma genitalium (Mycoplasma genitalium )
  • Mycoplasma hominis (Mycoplasma)
  • Ureaplasma parvum
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum
  • Trichomonas vaginali (Trichomonas)
  • Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)
  • Herpes simplex I (Herpes)
  • Herpes simplex II (Herpes)
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