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Fluoroquinolone and macrolide resistance-associated mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2013
Tagg Kaitlin A, Jeoffreys Neisha J, Couldwell Deborah L, Donald Jennifer A, Gilbert Gwendolyn L
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Mycoplasma genitalium is a significant sexually transmitted pathogen, causing up to 25% of cases of nongonococcal urethritis in men, and it is strongly associated with cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease in women. Currently, the usual first-line treatment is the macrolide antibiotic azithromycin, but an increasing incidence of treatment failure over the last 5 years suggests the emergence of antibiotic...
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