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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Autores principales: Pond, Marcus J., Nori, Achyuta V., Witney, Adam A., Lopeman, Rose C., Butcher, Philip D., Sadiq, Syed Tariq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24280088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit752

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