Comparison of sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory findings for 126 women diagnosed with acute salpingitis with and without M genitalium infection
| M genitalium positive (n = 9) | M genitalium negative (n = 114) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Student’s t test. | |||
| †Pearson’s χ2 test. | |||
| ‡Mann-Whitney test. | |||
| ¶Fisher’s exact test. | |||
| §For HIV seropositive subjects only. | |||
| Sociodemographics | |||
| Age (mean (SD)) | 26.9 (4.9) | 28.1 (5.5) | 0.52* |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 3 (33%) | 68 (60%) | |
| Single | 3 (33%) | 23 (20%) | |
| Divorced/separated, | 3 (33%) | 18 (16%) | |
| widowed | 0 | 4 (4%) | 0.32† |
| Number of sex partners (median, range) | |||
| Last 3 months | 1 (0–1) | 1 (0–5) | 0.09‡ |
| Last year | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–10) | 0.70‡ |
| Lifetime | 4 (1→97) | 3 (1→97) | 0.39‡ |
| Clinical findings | |||
| Clinical severity score (mean (SD)) | 15.6 (7.1) | 15.6 (7.6) | 0.88* |
| Laparoscopic severity of salpingitis | |||
| Mild | 3 (33%) | 50 (44%) | 1.0¶ |
| Moderate | 4 (44%) | 31 (27%) | 0.47¶ |
| Severe | 2 (22%) | 34 (30%) | 1.0¶ |
| Laboratory findings | |||
| HIV seropositive | 7 (78%) | 42 (37%) | 0.03¶ |
| CD4 count ×106/l (mean (SD))§ | 230 (151) | 342 (229) | 0.23* |
| C trachomatis (any site) | 1 (11%) | 7 (6%) | 0.48¶ |
| N gonorrhoeae (any site) | 0 | 21 (19%) | 0.36¶ |