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Mycoplasma genitalium Macrolide and Fluoroquinolone Resistance Detection and Clinical Implications in a Selected Cohort in New Zealand.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2017
Anderson Trevor, Coughlan Edward, Werno Anja
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma genitalium has been associated with infections of the genitourinary tract, and prevalence is secondary to Chlamydia trachomatis The clinical observation of increasing treatment failure indicating antibiotic resistance, especially in cases of recurrent urethritis, has been confirmed by molecular testing. Mutations in the 23S rRNA gene can cause macrolide resistance, and topoisomerase/gyrase mutations...
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