International Journal of Women's Dermatology (Mar 2020)

A case of Mycoplasma genitalium possible resistance in a woman

  • Ismael Maatouk, MD, MPH,
  • Moubadda Assi, MSc

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijwd.2019.11.002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 116 – 117

Abstract

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Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is an increasingly recognized sexually transmitted infection. In women, MG is particularly associated with endometritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, HIV, and long-term negative reproductive health and obstetric outcomes. In addition, MG has the potential to show resistance to antibiotics. We present here a case of possibly resistant MG in Lebanon, where MG prevalence and MG antibiotic resistance status are unknown. Keywords: Sexually transmitted infections, Human immunodeficiency virus, Sexual behavior, Women, Lebanon, MENA