It is a prospective, monocentric, interventional study on spontaneous vaginal clearance of Mycoplasma genitalium. The main objective is to evaluate the spontaneous vaginal clearance of M. genitalium in patients coming to perform a voluntary termination of pregnancy at the University Hospital of Bordeaux at 9 weeks after a vaginal sample positive for M. genitalium
Mycoplasma genitalium is a bacterium that colonizes female genital tract and can be responsible for sexually transmitted infection . M. genitalium can cause cervicitis and more rarely high genital infections. In the vast majority of cases, presence of M. genitalium is not accompanied by any symptoms and women do not develop disease. Natural history of M. genitalium infection is not well documented. Some studies have shown a natural clearance of infection in women. The published work mainly concerns patients at very high risk of sexually transmitted disease, but we do not have French data. We propose to study the natural clearance of M. genitalium infection in patients consulting at the Orthogeny Centre of the University Hospital of Bordeaux. Results of this work will allow us to have a better knowledge of the natural history of M. genitalium infection.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
69
Vaginal self-sampling performed by the patient at the follow-up visit at 3 weeks and remote follow-up at 9 weeks.
CHU Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
clearance at week 3
The clearance will be defined by a negative PCR test for M. genitalium in the vaginal sample taken at week 3.
Time frame: Week 3
clearance at week 9
The clearance defined by a negative PCR test for M. genitalium in the vaginal sample taken at week 9.
Time frame: Week 9
Prevalence of N. gonorrhoeae infections
Prevalence of infections with N. gonorrhoeae calculated by making the ratio between the number of patients with a positive vaginal swab for N. gonorrhoeae compared to the total number of patients tested.
Time frame: Week 3, Week 9
Prevalence of C. trachomatis infections
Prevalence of infections with C. trachomatis calculated by making the ratio between the number of patients with a positive vaginal swab for C. trachomatis compared to the total number of patients tested.
Time frame: Week 3, Week 9
Prevalence of M. genitalium infections
Prevalence of infections with M. genitalium, calculated by making the ratio between the number of patients with a positive vaginal swab for M. genitalium compared to the total number of patients tested.
Time frame: Week 3, Week 9
patient's sex life
patient's sex life, assessed by a self-questionnaire
Time frame: Week 3, Week 9
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