%0 Journal Article %J Infect Dis Clin North Am %D 2013 %T Mycoplasma genitalium: An emergent sexually transmitted disease? %A Manhart, Lisa E %K Anti-Bacterial Agents %K Communicable Diseases, Emerging %K Female %K Humans %K Male %K Mycoplasma genitalium %K Mycoplasma Infections %K Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial %X

This article summarizes the epidemiologic evidence linking Mycoplasma genitalium to sexually transmitted disease syndromes, including male urethritis, and female cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and adverse birth outcomes. It discusses the relationship of this bacterium to human immunodeficiency virus infection and reviews the available literature on the efficacy of standard antimicrobial therapies against M genitalium.

%B Infect Dis Clin North Am %V 27 %P 779-92 %8 2013 Dec %G eng %N 4 %R 10.1016/j.idc.2013.08.003