Fertility Glossary

Ureaplasma

A bacterium that often lives harmlessly in the genital tract.

Finding ureaplasma usually reflects colonisation rather than infection, and routine testing or treating it before fertility treatment is not supported by good evidence.

Related terms

Colonisation versus infection

The difference between organisms simply being present and causing disease.

Mycoplasma genitalium

A sexually transmitted bacterium that can cause genital inflammation.

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