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Table 3 Prevalence of urogenital Mollicutes identified in biopsies of prostate with malignant or benign cancer

From: Molecular detection of urogenital mollicutes in patients with invasive malignant prostate tumor

Target organism

Overall prevalence

P value

Malignant tumor tissues

Benign tumor tissues

n = 50

%

n = 55

%

Ureaplasma parvum

10

20

0

0

0.0005

Ureaplasma urealyticum

8

16

0

0

0.002

Mycoplasma hominis

0

0

0

0

NA

Mycoplasma genitalium

0

0

0

0

NA

Mycoplasma fermentans

0

0

0

0

NA

  1. NA Not applicable