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Table 9 Mycoplasma infections and prostate cancer

From: Multiple pathogens and prostate cancer

Study

Country

Methods

Prostate cancer

Prostate non cancer controls

P value

Hrbacek 2011

M. hominis [88]

Czech Republic

Serology

60/330 18%

16/107 14%

0.518 ns

Hrbacek 2011

M. urealyticum [88]

Czech Republic

Serology

64/328 20%

11/105 11%

0.068 ns

Barykova 2011 M. hominis [123]

Russia

US

Serology PCR

28/125 22%

5/27 19%

0/27 0%

4/31 13%

0.023 s

Urbanek 2011

M. hyorhinus [125]

US

Serology

59/114 52%

38/105 36%

0.279 ns

Erturhan 2013 [126]

Turkey

PCR

11/31 35%

0/31 0%

0.004 s

Yow 2014

M. genitalium [127]

Australia

PCR

9/115 8%

1/51 2%

0.163 ns

Miyake 2019

M. genitalium [128]

Japan

PCR

18/45 40%

6/33 18%

0.127 ns

Saadat 2020

M. Hominis [129]

Iran

PCR

8/61 13%

0/70 0%

0.003 s

  1. s, significant; ns, non significant