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Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018
Research

Use of Pristinamycin for Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma genitalium Infection

Tim R.H. ReadComments to Author , Jørgen S. Jensen, Christopher K. Fairley, Mieken Grant, Jennifer A. Danielewski, Jenny Su, Gerald L. Murray, Eric P.F. Chow, Karen Worthington, Suzanne M. Garland, Sepehr N. Tabrizi, and Catriona S. Bradshaw
Author affiliations: Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton, Victoria, Australia (T.R.H. Read, C.K. Fairley, M. Grant, E.P.F. Chow, K. Worthington, C.S. Bradshaw); Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (T.R.H. Read, C.K. Fairley, G.L. Murray, E.P.F. Chow, C.S. Bradshaw); Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (J.S. Jensen); Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (J.A. Danielewski, J. Su, G.L. Murray, S.M. Garland, S.N. Tabrizi); Royal Women’s Hospital, Parkville (J.A. Danielewski, J. Su, G.L. Murray, S.M. Garland, S.N. Tabrizi); University of Melbourne, Parkville (S.M. Garland, S.N. Tabrizi, C.S. Bradshaw)

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Table 2

Mycoplasma genitalium infections among 114 patients cured after 10 days of pristinamycin treatment, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2012–2016

Subgroup Pristinamycin failure, no. (%) Cured, no. (%, 95% CI) p value*
Overall
 29 (25)
 85 (75, 66–82)
Dosage regimen
Pristinamycin 2 g/d 2 (22) 7 (78, 40–97) 0.91
Pristinamycin 3 g with doxycycline 200 mg/d 14 (26) 40 (74, 60–85)
Pristinamycin 4 g/d
 13 (25)
 38 (75, 60–86)
Site of infection
Urethral infection, M 22 (29) 55 (71, 60–81) 0.20
Anorectal infection
 4 (14)
 24 (86, 67–96)
Patient sex
F 3 (27) 8 (73, 39–94) 1.0
M
 26 (25)
 77 (75, 65–83)
Patient signs/symptoms
Symptomatic 28 (29) 70 (71, 61–80) 0.07
Asymptomatic 1 (6) 15 (94, 70–100)

*The 3 dosage regimens were compared by nonparametric test for trend. Fisher exact test used for other variables.

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