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Remarkable increase in fluoroquinolone-resistant Mycoplasma genitalium in Japan.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2014
Kikuchi Mina, Ito Shin, Yasuda Mitsuru, Tsuchiya Tomohiro, Hatazaki Kyoko, Takanashi Masaki, Ezaki Takayuki, Deguchi Takashi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We determined the prevalence of macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance-associated mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium DNA specimens from men with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) and analysed their effects on antibiotic treatments of M. genitalium infections. METHODS: In this retrospective study, we examined antibiotic resistance-associated mutations in the 23S rRNA, gyrA and parC genes of M....
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