High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Mycoplasma genitalium in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men in Alabama.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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Abstract
We tested for Mycoplasma genitalium in 157 HIV-infected men. Urogenital and rectal prevalence were 10.8% and 6.4%. Macrolide resistance mutations were detected in 70.6% and 80% of urogenital and rectal samples, and fluoroquinolone resistance mutations in 26.7% and 40%, respectively.
Medical subject headings
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- HIV Infections
- Mycoplasma Infections
- Mycoplasma genitalium