Ureaplasma - a small intracellular pathogen infection, which is often the cause of urogenital infections in men and women - ureaplasmosis. A feature of the disease is that it is in most cases are asymptomatic, often causing complications, including infertility.

Features pathogen

Ureaplasma - a small family of mycoplasmas bacteria, which are intracellular microorganisms. Ureaplasmas not able to penetrate into the deeper layers of the mucous membrane of the genital or urinary tract. Often this agent resides on the surface of the mucous membranes in the composition of pathogenic microflora without causing disease.

Ureaplasma often coexist in the human body with other pathogens - Mycoplasma, Trichomonas, gonococci, and so on. There are two kinds of ureaplasmas - Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealitikum. Sometimes they co-exist with each other, in which case the term is used, which unites them - the ureaplasma spetsies. This name is often used in laboratory analyzes. Recent studies have revealed that the ureaplasma parvum has a higher pathogenicity than ureaplasma urealitikum.

Ureaplasma parvum - most pathogenic form of ureaplasmas

Ureaplasma parvum - a small bacterium, a little more of the virus, which lives in the mucous membranes of the genito-urinary organs. It has a urease activity, ie the ability to split urea to form ammonia. This may cause the beginning of the inflammatory process and the formation of stones of uric acid salts (urate) in the urinary system.

Ureaplasma parvum does not have its clear membrane, it gives her a chance to cling to the membranes of epithelial cells urinary tract and destroy them. This infectious agent is also able to secrete enzymes that destroy some proteins such as immunoglobulin A (IgA), which is located in the epithelium of the urogenital organs and is an antibody to protect against penetration of mucosal infection, i.e. local immunity. Since ureaplasma parvum capable of destroying IgA, reduced local immunity, opening the gates to penetrate not only ureaplasmas, but any other infection.

Transmitted diseases (ureaplasmosis) often sexually. Unlike ureaplasmas urealitikum, Ureaplasma parvum rarely causes carrier, without the development of the inflammatory process. Ureaplasmosis caused by this pathogen have a long course and the development of significant complications. And as the disease occurs imperceptibly, it contributes to its long-term course without treatment, the transition to the internal reproductive organs and the development of complications.

Women Ureaplasma parvum can cause infertility, miscarriage, intrauterine infection of the fetus, low birth weight and premature infants. In most women, this pathogen can cause postpartum postpartum endometritis Endometritis - take care of their own immunity . Men Ureaplasma parvum can cause urethritis occurring unnoticed, lesions of the prostate, epididymis and testicles. Over time, these lesions lead to infertility.

Ureaplasma urealitikum - representative of conditionally pathogenic urinary tract

Ureaplasmas urealitikum generally considered representative of the pathogenic microflora, living permanently in the epithelium of the urinary tract. In most cases, this organism does not cause inflammation, however, with a decrease in immune inflammatory process can still start. And since both of these types of ureaplasmas often found together, sometimes it is difficult to determine the extent of involvement of each species in the development of the disease.

Ureaplasma urealitikum - it's also small enough to bacteria developed a membrane that allows them to penetrate into the skin cells, blood cells and sperm cells, causing their destruction. However, under normal local immunity ureaplasma urealitikum can not overcome the barrier and just lives in the mucous membranes, feeding mainly urea. Ureaplasma urealitikum (as well as Ureaplasma parvum, but to a lesser degree) can secrete enzymes which break down proteins, including IgA, causing a reduction of local immunity and thereby promoting the penetration of other infections.

Despite the fact that the ureaplasma urealitikum much less pathogenic than Ureaplasma parvum, it is dangerous during pregnancy because it can penetrate through the membranes and into the body of the fetus, causing fetal infection. The child can also be infected ureaplasmosis during childbirth. During pregnancy ureaplasma urealitikum can cause miscarriage, premature birth Premature birth - Recognize the signals of the body in time , Postpartum endometritis and so on.

Ureaplasmas - this infectious agents that can cause a lot of trouble, so they need to be identified and treated.

Galina Romanenko

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