RESEARCH ARTICLE Prevalence of Mycoplasma Mycoplasma hominis in ur

ira an Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) occur worldwide expressed in a skin lesion, secretion, vaginal discharge, Campos et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2015) 15:60 DOI 10.1186/s12879-015-0792-4and meningitis [8]. In turn, M. genitalium was identified45055-090, Brazil Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleand are an important public health problem. In develop-ing countries STIs are among the five most frequent causes for seeking health services. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 340 million new cases of STIs occur each year. In Brazil, ten to twelve million new cases are reported each year [1,2]. wart, or blister. Mollicutes are included in STIs, but they are also found in healthy individuals. However five de-cades ago some mollicutes were considered infectious agents of the human urogenital tract [3]. This inconsist-ent history has made it challenging to clarify the role of these bacteria. The host-pathogen relationship is a com-plex and variable subject, but some interactions that have been studied have helped better understand this important relationship [4]. M. hominis is associated with non-gonococcal ureth-ritis (NGU), bacterial vaginosis (BV) and post-birth fever [5], and rarely with bacteremia, arthritis [6], peritonitis [7