High Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Mycoplasma genitalium in Nongonococcal Urethritis: The Need for Routine Testing and the Inadequacy of Current Treatment Options

Background. Empirical antibiotic therapy for nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) and cervicitis is aimed at Chlamydia trachomatis, but Mycoplasma genitalium, which also commonly causes undiagnosed NGU, necessitates treatment with macrolides or fluoroquinolones rather than doxycycline, the preferred chlam...

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Main Authors: Pond, Marcus J., Nori, Achyuta V., Witney, Adam A., Lopeman, Rose C., Butcher, Philip D., Sadiq, Syed Tariq
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Oxford University Press 2014
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922211/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24280088
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit752
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