Mycoplasma genitalium

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Related to Mycoplasma genitalium: Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma

My·co·plas·ma gen·i·ta·'li·um

a bacterial species that may be a causative agent of urethritis; cross-reacts immunologically with Mycoplasma pneumoniae; can cause serious infections involving the respiratory tract, heart, bloodstream, central nervous system, and prosthetic valves and joints.

My·co·plas·ma gen·i·tali·um

(mīkō-bak-tērē-ŭm jenI-tālē-ŭm)

A bacterial species that is an agent of sexually transmitted infections of the genitourinary tract in both sexes.

Mycoplasma genitalium

A species of Mycoplasma that is the smallest free-living organism known. It, like M. hominis, can cause nongonococcal urethritis.

See also: Mycoplasma

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non-gonococcal urethritis

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Mycoplasma genitalium among young adults in the United States: an emerging sexually transmitted infection.

Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in Adults Reporting Sexual Contact with Infected Partners, Australia, 2008-2016

Mycoplasma genitalium in asymptomatic patients: implications for screening.

Clinical and diagnostic challenges of antimicrobial resistance in mycoplasma genitalium

Cazanave C, Manhart LE, Bebear C: Mycoplasma genitalium, an emerging sexually transmitted pathogen.

Screening of antenatal lower genital tract infection in women of Saudi Arabia for preventing preterm birth and low birth weight using pcr techniques

Azithromycin and moxifloxacin for microbiological cure of Mycoplasma genitalium infection: an open study.

The ABCs of STIs: an update on sexually transmitted infections

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Mycoplasma genitalium: an overlooked sexually transmitted pathogen in women?

Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium in women with laparoscopically diagnosed acute salpingitis.

Etiology of genital discharge with special reference to urogenital mycoplasma in a medical college and hospital

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium and Ureaplasma urealyticum Infections and seminal quality in infertile and fertile men in Kuwait.

Mycoplasmas y anticuerpos anti-Chlamydia en semen de hombres infertiles y su relacion con la calidad seminal y los marcadores de glandulas sexuales accesorias masculinas

Animal models of Mycoplasma genitalium urogenital infection.

Mycoplasmateceae species are not found in fallopian tubes of women with tubo-peritoneal infertility

Mycoplasma genitalium is a clinically important sexually transmitted pathogen that was first isolated in urethral specimens from two men with non-gonococcal urethritis by culture in 1981 (1).

Peptide-based polyclonal antibody production against P110 protein of Mycoplasma genitalium

Y casi podria usted apostar que la primera sera una inofensiva bacteria de la especie Mycoplasma genitalium, que habita normalmente en el intestino humano.

Vida artificial a la vuelta de la esquina

This was based on work involving the genome of the Mycoplasma genitalium, a bacterium responsible for human urinary tract infections.

Genomic factories on the horizon

The technique was demonstrated by repeatedly sequencing the bacterial genome Mycoplasma genitalium in four hours, with up to and exceeding 99.