Open AccessMycoplasma genitalium in Symptomatic Male Urethritis: Macrolide Use Is Associated With Increased Resistance
Author(s) -
Li Yang,
Xiaohong Su,
Wei Le,
Sai Li,
Zhaoyan Yang,
Christine E. Chaisson,
Guillermo Madico,
Xia Gong,
George W. Reed,
Baoxi Wang,
Peter A. Rice
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz294
Subject(s) - mycoplasma genitalium , urethritis , medicine , 23s ribosomal rna , azithromycin , mycoplasma , coinfection , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , macrolide antibiotics , drug resistance , trichomonas vaginalis , antibiotic resistance , virology , chlamydia trachomatis , gene , biology , gynecology , erythromycin , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , genetics , rna , ribosome
Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) causes symptomatic urethritis in men, and can infect alone or together with other sexually transmitted infection (STI) agents.