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Detection of macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium in France.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2012
Chrisment Delphine, Charron Alain, Cazanave Charles, Pereyre Sabine, Bébéar Cécile
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OBJECTIVES: Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted organism associated with non-gonococcal urethritis in men and several inflammatory reproductive tract syndromes in women. Resistance to macrolides has been recently associated with point mutations in the 23S rRNA gene. The aim of this study was to detect these mutations using a large French collection of M. genitalium-positive specimens. We evaluated...
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