Protocol for the detection of Mycoplasma genitalium by PCR from clinical specimens and subsequent detection of macrolide resistance-mediating mutations in region V of the 23S rRNA gene.

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Mycoplasma genitalium is an established cause of male nongonococcal urethritis, in particular in cases with recurrent disease and in those negative for Chlamydia trachomatis. In women M. genitalium causes cervicitis and there is increasing evidence that it is causing pelvic inflammatory disease (...

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