Spontaneous Regression of Untreatable Mycoplasma genitalium Urethritis

Spontaneous Regression of Untreatable Mycoplasma genitalium Urethritis.

Mycoplasma genitalium: a cause of male urethritis?

BACKGROUND Male urethritis may be caused by mycoplasmas. Since Mycoplasma genitalium has previously been isolated from the urethra of two men with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), it was the aim of the study further to elucidate its role by measuring the prevalence of this organism in men with NGU. MATERIAL AND METHODS The polymerase chain reaction was used. Two different sequences of the gen...

Azithromycin Failure in Mycoplasma genitalium Urethritis

We report significant failure rates (28%, 95% confidence interval 15%-45%) after administering 1 g azithromycin to men with Mycoplasma genitalium-positive nongonococcal urethritis. In vitro evidence supported reduced susceptibility of M. genitalium to macrolides. Moxifloxacin administration resulted in rapid symptom resolution and eradication of infection in all cases. These findings have impli...

MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM Mycoplasma genitalium: prevalence, clinical significance, and transmission

Objectives: To study the prevalence, symptoms and signs of Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis infections in STD clinic attendees and in partners of M genitalium infected patients. Methods: M genitalium and C trachomatis were detected by polymerase chain reaction from urethral and endocervical swab specimens in a cross sectional study among 445 female and 501 male STD clinic attende...

Microbiological and serological study of non-gonococcal urethritis with special reference to Mycoplasma genitalium.

Twenty-two men with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), 19 with gonorrhoea, and 22 without urethritis were examined for various micro-organisms. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from the urethra of 45% of men with NGU, 21% of those with gonorrhoea, but from none without urethritis. Ureaplasma urealyticum but not Mycoplasma hominis was recovered from a larger proportion of men with NGU than from ...