Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of genital tract Mycoplasma infection on the clinical outcome of patients during in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) cycles and the clinical significance of preoperative test. Methods A retrospective analysis was carried out on 1,237 infertile patients receiving IVF-ET treatment at the Reproductive Center of our hospital from May 2012 to April 2015. The patients were divided into negative group(group A), female positive group (group B) and male positive group (group C) according to the results of culture of Mycoplasma in secretions. The normal fertilization rate, abnormal fertilization rate, cleavage rate, D3 high-quality embryo rate, clinical pregnancy rate, implantation rate, abortion rate, preterm delivery rate and low-weight birth rate were compared among the three groups. After the transfer the surplus embryos were cultured to blastocysts.The blastocyst development rate, high-quality blastocyst rate and freezing rate were analyzed. Results There was no statistical difference in each index between the positive groups and the negative group (P > 0.05). Conclusions Whether in woman or man, Mycoplasma-positive result has no significant effect on clinical outcomes of IVF. In the absence of subjective symptoms, Mycoplasma test is not necessary.