Ureaplasma infection

Ureaplasma infection
Classification and external resources
eMedicine	med/2340
MeSH	D016869

Ureaplasma infection is an infection by an organism in the genus Ureaplasma, usually Ureaplasma urealyticum.

It is a significant cause of non-gonococcal urethritis.^[1]

References

↑ Burstein GR, Zenilman JM (January 1999). "Nongonococcal urethritis—a new paradigm". Clinical Infectious Diseases 28 (Suppl 1): S66–73. doi:10.1086/514728. PMID 10028111.

Firmicutes (low-G+C) Infectious diseases
Bacterial diseases: G+
- primarily A00–A79, 001–041, 080–109

Lactobacillales
(Cat-)

α

optochin susceptible:	S. pneumoniae Pneumococcal infection

optochin resistant:	S. viridans: S. mitis S. mutans S. oralis S. sanguinis S. sobrinus milleri group

β

A:	bacitracin susceptible: S. pyogenes Group A streptococcal infection Streptococcal pharyngitis Scarlet fever Erysipelas Rheumatic fever

B:	bacitracin resistant, CAMP test+: S. agalactiae Group B streptococcal infection

ungrouped:	Streptococcus iniae Cutaneous Streptococcus iniae infection

D
BEA+: Streptococcus bovis

Bacillales
(Cat+)

Cg+:	S. aureus Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome Toxic shock syndrome MRSA

Cg-:	novobiocin susceptible S. epidermidis novobiocin resistant S. saprophyticus

Listeria monocytogenes
- Listeriosis

Clostridium (spore-forming)

motile:	Clostridium difficile Pseudomembranous colitis Clostridium botulinum Botulism Clostridium tetani Tetanus

nonmotile:	Clostridium perfringens Gas gangrene Clostridial necrotizing enteritis

Peptostreptococcus (non-spore forming)

Peptostreptococcus magnus

Mycoplasmataceae	Ureaplasma urealyticum Ureaplasma infection Mycoplasma genitalium Mycoplasma pneumoniae Mycoplasma pneumonia

Anaeroplasmatales	Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Erysipeloid

Index of bacterial disease

Description	Bacteria classification Growth media

Disease	Gram-positive firmicutes Gram-positive actinobacteria Gram-negative proteobacteria Gram-negative non-proteobacteria Cholera Tuberculosis

Treatment	Antibiotics cell wall nucleic acid mycobacteria protein synthesis other Antibodies Vaccines

Sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STD and STI) (primarily A50–A64, 090–099)

Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
Chlamydia/Lymphogranuloma venereum (Chlamydia trachomatis)
Donovanosis or Granuloma Inguinale (Klebsiella granulomatis)
Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
Ureaplasma infection (Ureaplasma urealyticum)

Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas vaginalis)

AIDS (HIV-1/HIV-2)
Cervical cancer, vulvar cancer & Genital warts (condyloma), Penile cancer, Anal cancer (Human papillomavirus (HPV))
Hepatitis B (Hepatitis B virus)
Herpes simplex (HSV1/HSV2)
Molluscum contagiosum (MCV)

General
inflammation

female: Cervicitis; Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

male: Epididymitis; Prostatitis

either: Proctitis; Urethritis/Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU)

Index of reproductive medicine

Description	Anatomy male female Physiology menstrual cycle Development sex determination and differentiation

Disease	Infections STD and STI Congenital male female Neoplasms and cancer male female gonadal germ cell Other male female Symptoms and signs eponymous

Treatment	Procedures male female Drugs benign prostatic hypertrophy erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation sexual dysfunction infection STDs hormones androgens estrogens progestogens GnRH prolactin Assisted reproduction Birth control hormonal