Volume 21, Number 6—June 2015
Dispatch
Drug Resistance–Associated Mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium in Female Sex Workers, Japan
Takashi Deguchi
, Mitsuru Yasuda, Kengo Horie, Kensaku Seike, Mina Kikuchi, Kohsuke Mizutani, Tomohiro Tsuchiya, Shigeaki Yokoi, Masahiro Nakano, and Shinji Hoshina
, Mitsuru Yasuda, Kengo Horie, Kensaku Seike, Mina Kikuchi, Kohsuke Mizutani, Tomohiro Tsuchiya, Shigeaki Yokoi, Masahiro Nakano, and Shinji Hoshina
Table 1
Bacterial species detected in vaginal swab and throat washing samples from 149 female sex workers, Japan, August 2013–January 2014
| Bacterial species | No. (%) specimens positive |
|
|---|---|---|
| Vaginal swab | Throat washing | |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 7 (4.7) | 10 (6.7) |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | 26 (17.4) | 11 (7.4) |
| Mycoplasma genitalium | 21 (14.1) | 1 (0.7) |
| Mycoplasma hominis | 52 (34.9) | 2 (1.5) |
| Ureaplasma parvum | 109 (73.2) | 4 (2.7) |
| Ureaplasma urealyticum | 52 (34.9) | 5 (3.4) |
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