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

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1094-1100

  Walker, Jennifer ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^c,g   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^c,g,h   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^j   Twin, Jimmy ^j   Chen, Marcus Y ^c,g   Taylor, Nicole ^j   Donovan, Basil ^l,m   Kaldor, John M ^l,m   McNamee, Kathleen ^i,k   Urban, Eve ^g   Walker, Sandra ^c   Currie, Marian ^o   Birden, Hudson ⁿ   Bowden, Francis J ^o   Gunn, Jane ^d   Pirotta, Marie ^d   Gurrin, Lyle ^e   Harindra, Veerakathy ^p   Garland, Suzanne M ^f,j   Hocking, Jane S ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Gender and Society   (Australia)

^c Sexual Health Unit   (Australia)

^d Primary Care Research Unit   (Australia)

^e School of Population Health   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ Family Planning Victoria ^*  (Australia)

^j MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^k MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^m SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^o AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Mycoplasma genitalium; organism load; STI epidemiology; treatment failure; young women

Indexed 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 INFECTION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL LOAD; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POINT MUTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875655861     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis1210     Document Type: Article

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