A case of Mycoplasma genitalium possible resistance in a woman()

Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is an increasingly recognized sexually transmitted infection. In women, MG is particularly associated with endometritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, HIV, and long-term negative reproductive health and obstetric outcomes. In addition, MG has the potential to sh...

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Autores principales: Maatouk, Ismael, Assi, Moubadda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7105642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32258345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijwd.2019.11.002
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Sumario:Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is an increasingly recognized sexually transmitted infection. In women, MG is particularly associated with endometritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, HIV, and long-term negative reproductive health and obstetric outcomes. In addition, MG has the potential to show resistance to antibiotics. We present here a case of possibly resistant MG in Lebanon, where MG prevalence and MG antibiotic resistance status are unknown.

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