What tests should men take to check for mycoplasma infection?

Many men do not pay much attention to their reproductive health issues, but in fact, in today's life, more and more men are susceptible to infection and danger of some reproductive diseases, so we must pay attention to prevention. For example, men must pay attention to the examination of mycoplasma infection. The following are several issues that need to be paid attention to when men check for mycoplasma infection. I hope every man can pay attention to these examinations.

Mycoplasma infection examination (1) The specimen for mycoplasma culture is collected from the urethra about 0.5 cm above the internal opening. For women, it is recommended to collect the specimen from the cervical cotton swab instead of urine culture. Mycoplasma culture and identification are the only way to confirm mycoplasma infection. Each culture medium is marked with phenol red. Mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma can turn the culture medium pink.

Mycoplasma infection examination (2) Mycoplasma serological identification In 1984, a trace amount of enzyme-labeled immunosorbent assay was used to detect 8 serotypes of mycoplasma antibodies. This is very helpful for diagnosing which mycoplasma serotype the patient is infected with. However, in clinical practice, mycoplasma serotype identification is not necessary. Mycoplasma culture is used to prove mycoplasma infection.

If you don’t know much about these common sense issues, you will be more susceptible to these mycoplasma infection problems. Therefore, after understanding the common sense of male mycoplasma infection inspection introduced above, I hope to give men more suggestions so that they can stay away from this reproductive health disease as much as possible.