"Mycoplasma genitalium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of gram-negative bacteria originally isolated from urethral specimens of patients with non-gonoccocal URETHRITIS. In primates it exists in parasitic association with ciliated EPITHELIAL CELLS in the genital and respiratory tracts.
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D045704
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.860.580.553.553.355
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycoplasma genitalium" by people in Profiles.
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Li Y, Su X, Le W, Li S, Yang Z, Chaisson C, Madico G, Gong X, Reed GW, Wang B, Rice PA. Mycoplasma genitalium in Symptomatic Male Urethritis: Macrolide Use Is Associated With Increased Resistance. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 02 14; 70(5):805-810.
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Chambers LC, Jensen JS, Morgan JL, Lowens MS, Romano SS, Totten PA, Soge OO, Hughes JP, Golden MR, Manhart LE. Lack of Association Between the S83I ParC Mutation in Mycoplasma genitalium and Treatment Outcomes Among Men Who Have Sex With Men with Nongonococcal Urethritis. Sex Transm Dis. 2019 12; 46(12):805-809.
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Chambers LC, Morgan JL, Lowens MS, Robinson TS, Romano SS, Leipertz GL, Hughes JP, Golden MR, Khosropour CM, Fredricks DN, Manhart LE. Cross-sectional study of urethral exposures at last sexual episode associated with non-gonococcal urethritis among STD clinic patients. Sex Transm Infect. 2019 05; 95(3):212-218.
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Patel KK, Salva PS, Webley WC. Colonization of paediatric lower respiratory tract with genital Mycoplasma species. Respirology. 2011 Oct; 16(7):1081-7.
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Manhart LE, Holmes KK, Hughes JP, Houston LS, Totten PA. Mycoplasma genitalium among young adults in the United States: an emerging sexually transmitted infection. Am J Public Health. 2007 Jun; 97(6):1118-25.
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Ou SS, Hughes JP, Richardson BA. Methods for assessing the accuracy of PCR-based tests: comparisons and extensions. Stat Med. 2005 Jun 15; 24(11):1755-64.
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Hughes JP, Totten P. Estimating the accuracy of polymerase chain reaction-based tests using endpoint dilution. Biometrics. 2003 Sep; 59(3):505-11.