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Our microbiology laboratory, which services a specialist maternity referral hospital, is unique in manufacturing specialised in\u2010house blood culture media for detecting mycoplasma bacteraemia. This audit aimed to review the proportion of patients with a positive blood culture for a genital mycoplasma species over a 19\u2010year period and to describe clinical management and outcomes for these patients.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data was extracted from the laboratory information system to identify all mycoplasma blood culture bottles collected from 2000 to 2018 for women\u2009&gt;\u200918\u2009years at the Royal Women's Hospital in Victoria, Australia. Clinical and demographic data for women with a blood culture positive for a genital mycoplasma species over the period 2008\u20132018 were extracted from the hospital medical records.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The average annual blood culture positivity rate for a genital mycoplasma was 0.56%. Thirty\u2010eight women had a blood culture positive for\n                      <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200928) or\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                        <jats:italic>Mycoplasma hominis<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:styled-content>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200913); three women had both organisms isolated from a single blood culture. Most women had a genital mycoplasma isolated in the early post\u2010partum period (66%) or associated with early pregnancy loss (23%). 57% of women received antibiotics which would be expected to have activity against mycoplasmas. No adverse outcomes were recorded within 30\u2009days, regardless of whether mycoplasma\u2010active antibiotics were prescribed.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Genital mycoplasma bacteraemia may occur in the early post\u2010partum period or be associated with early pregnancy loss. It is unclear whether this represents transient bacteraemia or whether women benefit from directed antimicrobial therapy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/ajo.70136","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,25]],"date-time":"2026-04-25T04:35:46Z","timestamp":1777091746000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A 19\u2010Year Audit of Genital Mycoplasma Species in Blood Cultures From Women Attending a Tertiary Maternity Hospital"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"66","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8135-0771","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"L.","family":"Phuong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne  Melbourne Victoria Australia"},{"name":"Infection, Immunity &amp; Global Health Murdoch Children's Research Institute  Melbourne Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"L. 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