Pathophysiological and Sociological Factors Associated with Infections of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum in Patients who Came at the Military Hospital Region No.1 of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Aims: The general objective of this work was to highlight the physiopathological and sociological factors linked to uro-genital infections with Mycoplasma hominis (Mh) and Ureaplasma urealyticum (Uu), in patients who come to the consultation at the Military Hospital Region N ° 1 in Yaoundé.

Place and Duration of Study: The research was carried out at at the Military Hospital Region N°1 in Yaoundé between 2017 and 2019

Methodology: Patients whose mycoplasma examination was done, were included in the retrospective study (2017 and 2018) and patients obtained in 3 months (January to march 2019) during the prospective study were also included. Parameters of patients were collected. These parameters were analyzed using SPSS 23 software and graphs were plotted using GraphPad Prism 7 software.

Results: From the 231 patients included, 152 (65.80%) were infected with MUG. The pathophysiological factors associated with Mh and Uu infections are young people aged 25 to 31 (39.47%), women (98.68 %), the use of hormonal contraceptives (15.79%), as well as other pathogens associated with mycoplasmas. The prospective study shows that, of the 20 patients obtained, 10 (50%) were infected with MUG. The most infected patients were women with a frequency of 80% and the most affected age group was 25 to 31 years old. The sociological factors noticed in these patients are the status of being single (70.39%), the type of professions such as students (21.70%), housewives (17.76%), women in the military (13.82%), women entrepreneurs (11.84%) and the non-use of condoms during sexual intercourse.

Conclusion: The pathophysiological and sociological factors influencing the development of mycoplasma infection show that one can control the occurrence of the infection as well as infertility problems and spontaneous abortion in Cameroon.