The Associations of Genital Mycoplasmas with Female Infertility and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Abortion, Spontaneous
/ diagnosis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Infertility, Female
/ diagnosis
Mycoplasma Infections
/ diagnosis
Mycoplasma genitalium
/ isolation & purification
Mycoplasma hominis
/ isolation & purification
Observational Studies as Topic
/ methods
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
/ epidemiology
Premature Birth
/ diagnosis
Stillbirth
/ epidemiology
Ureaplasma
Ureaplasma Infections
/ diagnosis
Adverse pregnancy outcomes
Female
Genital mycoplasmas
Infertility
Meta-analysis
Systematic review
Journal
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
ISSN: 1933-7205
Titre abrégé: Reprod Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101291249
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
received:
02
07
2020
accepted:
16
11
2020
pubmed:
6
1
2021
medline:
5
3
2022
entrez:
5
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The roles of genital mycoplasmas including Mycoplasma genitalium (M. genitalium), Mycoplasma hominis (M. hominis), Ureaplasma urealyticum (U. urealyticum), and Ureaplasma parvum (U. parvum) in reproductive diseases are equivocal. To investigate whether genital mycoplasmas are risk factors of female infertility and adverse pregnancy outcomes, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis. Electronic databases were searched for related studies. A random-effects model or fixed-effects model was employed to generate forest plots. Pooled odd ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were applied to measure the strength of associations. Meanwhile, heterogeneity was evaluated by H statistic and I
Identifiants
pubmed: 33398853
doi: 10.1007/s43032-020-00399-w
pii: 10.1007/s43032-020-00399-w
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Systematic Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3013-3031Informations de copyright
© 2021. Society for Reproductive Investigation.
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