Retrospective analysis of infection and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Mycoplasma genitalium among pregnant women in the southwestern USA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) pathogen. There have been no published studies concerning symptomatology, prevalence data, antibiotic resistance profiling or reports of co-infection with other STI in pregnant women.

Objective

To describe these characteristics among pregnant women attending prenatal clinics in a large tertiary care centre.

Design

Remnant genital samples collected from pregnant women between August 2018 and November 2019 were tested for M. genitalium and Trichomonas vaginalis by the transcription-mediated amplification technique. Specimens with detectable M. genitalium RNA were sequenced for 23S rRNA mutations associated with azithromycin resistance and parC and gyrA mu

SUBMITTER: Stafford IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8204150 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature