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Mycoplasma genitalium and Macrolide Resistance-associated Mutations in the Skåne Region of Southern Sweden 2015.
Acta dermato-venereologica - 15 Nov 2017
Forslund Ola, Hjelm Max, El-Ali Raghd, Johnsson Annika, Bjartling Carina
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted infection ordinarily treated with azithromycin. Emerging resistance to macrolide is linked to mutations in the 23S rRNA gene. We analysed the frequency of such mutations of M. genitalium isolates from patients that were symptomatic, and from sexual partners of symptomatic individuals, from October to December of 2015, in the Skåne Region of Sweden. Mutations were...
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