Mycoplasma genitalium Incidence, Organism Load, and treatment failure in a cohort of young australian women

Date

2013

Authors

Walker, Jennifer
Fairley, Christopher K
Bradshaw, Catriona
Tabrizi, Sepehr
Twin, Jimmy
Chen, Marcus Y
Taylor, Nicole
Donovan, Basil
Kaldor, John M
McNamee, Kathleen

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University of Chicago Press

Abstract

Background. Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is an emerging sexually transmitted infection (STI) that is potentially associated with reproductive tract sequelae in women. This study aimed to estimate MG incidence and treatment failure and provide estimates of o

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Keywords: azithromycin; moxifloxacin; RNA 23S; adult; antibiotic resistance; article; Australia; bacterial load; female; high resolution melting analysis; human; incidence; infection rate; longitudinal study; major clinical study; Mycoplasma genitalium; persistent Mycoplasma genitalium; organism load; STI epidemiology; treatment failure; young women

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Clinical Infectious Diseases

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Journal article

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2037-12-31