Management of Mycoplasma genitalium infections - can we hit a moving target?

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jensen, Jørgen Skov ^a   Bradshaw, Catriona ^b,c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Mycoplasma genitalium; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZD 0914; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GATIFLOXACIN; GYRASE INHIBITOR; LEFAMULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; N (5 FLUORO 1 OXIDO 2 PYRIDINYL) 1 [2 (N FORMYL N HYDROXYAMINOMETHYL)HEXANOYL]PROLINAMIDE; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; SITAFLOXACIN; SOLITHROMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; THIAMPHENICOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84939513951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1041-6     Document Type: Review

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