Autobio Mycoplasma culture, identification, enumeration, susceptibility kit is designed for the cultivation, identification, enumeration of Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) and Mycoplasma hominis (MH) in human genitourinary tract, and for the rapid determination of the susceptibility to 12 kinds of antibiotics commonly used clinically.
Mycoplasma is one of the main pathogens which lead to nongonoccal urethritis (NGU), cervical, pelvic inflammatory disease, orchitis, epididymitis etc., and can cause infertility to men and women. These pathogens can attack and destroy genitourinary epithelial cells, cause infectivity of the AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Clinical sexually transmitted diseases can be caused by Mycoplasma (mainly by UU and MH). Its occurence has been presenting an up-trend. Antibiotic resistance is becoming more and more severe due to the misuse of antibiotics, which seriously endanger mankind's health. The key to the treatment and prevention of the spread of Mycoplasma is timely and accurate diagnosis. Mycoplasma cultivation is currently still being recognized as a reliable method to diagnose the Mycoplasma infection.
