Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus cervical infection in female kidney graft recipients: an observational study.

Background: Immunosuppressive therapy protects the transplanted organ but predisposes the recipient to chronic infections and malignancies. Transplant patients are at risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical cancer resulting from an impaired immune response in the case of primary infection or of reactivation of a latent infection with human papillomavirus of high oncogenic potential (HR-HPV).

Methods: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of HR-HPV cervical infections and CIN in 60 female kidney graft recipients of reproductive age in comparison to that in healthy controls.

Occurrence of Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum in women with cervical dysplasia in Katowice, Poland.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of genital mycoplasmas, especially Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum, in women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS), low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) and high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL), compared to women with normal cytology living in Katowice, Poland. Two sterile swabs were used to obtain material from the posterior vaginal fornix of 143 women with squamous intraepithelial lesions and 39 healthy women: first for general bacteriology, second for detection of urogenital mycoplasmas using Mycoplasma IST2 kit. From each positive Mycoplasma IST2 culture DNA was isolated and PCR was performed for identification of U.

Prevalence of urogenital mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas in women after kidney transplantation.

Background: The prevalence of urogenital mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas in kidney transplant and hemodialyzed patients was studied.

Methods: Vaginal and cervical swabs taken from 40 women of the study group and 40 women of the control group were investigated. Identification of ureaplasmas, Mycoplasma genitalium, and human papillomavirus was performed by polymerase chain reaction.

Human neutrophil peptides in vaginitis/cervicitis of different etiology.

Development of female genito-urinary infections depends on many factors, such as immune system activity, virulence of microorganism and production of factors inhibiting the growth of microorganisms. Taking into account the possibility of relapses or severe complications, it is very important to appropriately diagnose and treat infections. Because of recently observed increase of microbial resistance to antibiotics, researchers are looking for alternatives.

[The bacterial vaginosis--treatment problems].

The changes in vaginal ecosystem (decreasing number of H2O2 producing Lactobacillus spp. and increasing number of Mobiluncus spp., Gardnerella vaginalis, Atopobium vaginae, Prevotella spp.

[Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines--a new method for the prevention of cervical cancer].

In the nearest future cervical cancer incidence may be significantly reduced thanks to specific antiviral vaccine use. In the paper we analyzed current literature concerning human papillomavirus (HPV) infection epidemiology and possibility of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine use.