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Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in Young Women Without Urogenital Symptoms Presenting to a Community-Based Emergency Department in Birmingham, Alabama

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT: We used the Food and Drug Administration-cleared Aptima Mycoplasma genitalium assay to evaluate for M. genitalium infection among young women without urogenital symptoms presenting to a community-based emergency department in Birmingham, Alabama, between August 2016 to August 2019 for evaluation of nongynecological concerns. M. genitalium was detected in 23 (14.8%) of 155 women.

Source: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000001227