Histological Evidence of Chronic Mycoplasma genitalium-Induced Cervicitis in HIV-Infected Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Mycoplasma genitalium is an emerging sexually transmitted pathogen implicated in inflammatory syndromes of the female reproductive tract. The objective of this study was to investigate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women for an association between M. genitalium and cervicitis, a putative mechanism for enhanced HIV transmission efficiency to an uninfected partner.