High prevalence of the A2058T macrolide resistance-associated mutation in Mycoplasma genitalium strains from the Netherlands

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2017 May 1;72(5):1529-1530. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw584.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Rijnstate, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Velp, The Netherlands.
³ CWZ, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁴ PAMM, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.

PMID: 28158595
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw584

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Azithromycin / therapeutic use
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Female
Humans
Macrolides / pharmacology*
Macrolides / therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Mycoplasma Infections / drug therapy
Mycoplasma Infections / epidemiology
Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology*
Mycoplasma genitalium / drug effects*
Mycoplasma genitalium / genetics*
Mycoplasma genitalium / isolation & purification
Netherlands / epidemiology
Prevalence
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / genetics*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / epidemiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Macrolides
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S
Azithromycin