What symptoms do ureaplasma and mycoplasma cause?
Symptoms can be “silent” or can cause noticeable symptoms such as discharge, burning, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, and pain. How are ureaplasma and mycoplasma diagnosed? Special laboratory tests and cultures (a method of multiplying the bacteria to better identify them) is required. The diagnosis and treatment of illnesses involving these organisms is particularly difficult due to the following reasons: • These organisms require special tests and even when these special tests are conducted, it can still be very difficult to isolate the organisms and treat the patient. • The tests are not something done by a typical general practitioner or gynecologist. • Only a select few antibiotics kill these particular bacteria and the antibiotics have to be taken for many days, weeks, or even longer. • Many patients do not take their medications as prescribed; do not take their medications long enough to be cured; or come in close contact with an infected person and become reinfected. It is
