Mycoplasma genitalium Antibiotic Resistance–Mediating Mutations in Canadian Women With or Without Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • Abstract Testing remnant Aptima specimens from women infected with Chlamydia trachomatis detected 13.4% (53/396) with Mycoplasma genitalium compared with 5.4% (22/406) in matched C. trachomatis–negative women. Overall, 9.4% (provincial ranges of 3–20%) were infected with M. genitalium and resistance mediating mutations were found in 47.3% (26/55) to macrolides and 1.9% (1/53) to fluoroquinolones by sequencing.

publication date

  • July 2017

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