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국문초록
Abstract
Contents
Ⅰ. Introduction 15
Ⅱ. MATERIALS AND METHODS 17
2.1. Ethics statement 17
2.2. Participants and laboratory tests 17
1. Participants 17
2. Laboratory tests 18
2.3. Statistical methods 19
Ⅲ. RESULTS 20
3.1. Pelvic pains in 113 M. genitalium infected cases 20
3.2. Changes in the index scores of the NIH-CPSI questionnaire after antimicrobial treatment 20
3.3. Typical pelvic pains in M. genitalium infected men (Table 3) 21
Ⅳ. DISCUSSION 23
Ⅴ. CONCLUSIONS 29
REFERENCES 30
Ⅵ. Appendix A 42
Ⅶ. Appendix B 66
Table 1. Clinical characteristics of Mycoplasma genitalium infected patients 33
Table 2. Changes in the index scores of the NIH-CPSI questionnaire following antimicrobial treatment 34
Table 3. Typical pelvic pains in the M. genitalium infected cases 35
Fig. 1. Score of pain or discomfort on the days over the last week (item-4) from NIH-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) 37
Fig. 2. A sum score of pain items (item 1-4) from NIH-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) 38
Suppl. 1. Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium by using the MgPa-1/3 primer set and degenerate primer set (MgP1a/3) (5-AGTTGATGAAACCTTAACCC[C/A]TTGG-3) through different... 39
Suppl. 2. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed using KL1-KL2 primers for Chlamydia trachomatis infection, HO1-HO3 primers for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Cy5 for an... 40
Suppl. 3. We have used a Anyplextm II STI-12 test (Seegene, Seoul, Korea) as a test of cure (TOC) after appropriated antimicrobial therapies against Mycoplasma genitalium infection. The... 41