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Unlike cervical cancer, which has a national screening program in Brazil, STI screening remains unstructured, with prevalence varying across regions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To evaluate the prevalence of HPV co-infections with <jats:italic>Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Ureaplasma urealyticum<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Trichomonas vaginalis<\/jats:italic> in patients diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Methods: This cross-sectional study included patients with histologically confirmed precancerous cervical lesions attending a referral outpatient clinic. Between October 2022 and December 2023, 159 patients were enrolled and screened for the presence of non-HPV STI co-infections through cervical secretion DNA-qPCR testing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Most (64.8%) participants were diagnosed with CIN II or III. Among all patients analyzed, nearly 60% had at least one non-HPV STI co-infection associated with low- or high-grade cervical lesions. The most prevalent pathogen was <jats:italic>U. urealyticum<\/jats:italic> (44%), followed by <jats:italic>M. hominis<\/jats:italic> (16.3%) and <jats:italic>C. trachomatis<\/jats:italic> (10.1%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>A high prevalence of non-HPV STI co-infections was observed in asymptomatic women with CIN, particularly <jats:italic>U. urealyticum,<\/jats:italic> which has been identified as a potential cofactor in HPV-related carcinogenesis. 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