High levels of macrolide resistance-associated mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium warrant antibiotic susceptibility-guided treatment

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2515-2518

  Nijhuis, R H T ^a   Severs, T T ^b   van der Vegt, D S J M ^a,c   Van Zwet, A A ^a   Kusters, J G ^b  

^a Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; Antimicrobial resistance; Azithromycin; STDs

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; RNA 23S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM INFECTION; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NETHERLANDS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84950291452     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv136     Document Type: Article

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