Genital mycoplasmas in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

To determine whether Mycoplasma fermentans. Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma penetrans were present in the genitourinary tract of HIV infected patients in Nancy, France, we have used culture and polymerase chain reactions on urine from 54 HIV-infected patients. Both techniques failed to reveal these bacteria. This renders their presence very unlikely in our population.