Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Research
Symptoms, Sites, and Significance of Mycoplasma genitalium in Men Who Have Sex with Men
Table 3
Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in asymptomatic men who have sex with men according to reports of symptoms during the preceding week, Australia*
Characteristic | Urethral symptoms† |
Anorectal symptoms‡ |
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None, no. (%) |
Mild, no. (%) |
Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p value |
None, no. (%) |
Mild, no. (%) |
Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p value |
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M. genitalium, n = 1,001 | |||||||||
Not detected | 889 (97.3) | 85 (97.7) | 692 (92.7) | 239 (93.7) | |||||
Detected |
25 (2.7) |
2 (2.3) |
0.84
(0.19–3.59) |
0.81 |
54 (7.2) |
16 (6.3) |
0.86
(0.48–1.53) |
0.60 |
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C. trachomatis, n = 958 | |||||||||
Not detected | 861 (98.4) | 81 (97.6) | 657 (91.4) | 220 (92.1) | |||||
Detected |
14 (1.6) |
2 (2.4) |
1.52
(0.34–6.80) |
0.59 |
62 (8.6) |
19 (7.9) |
0.92
(0.54–1.56) |
0.75 |
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae, n = 958 | |||||||||
Not detected | 868 (99.3) | 83 (98.8) | 675 (93.8) | 228 (93.8) | |||||
Detected | 6 (0.7) | 1 (1.2) | 1.74 (0.21– 14.65) | 0.61 | 45 (6.3) | 15 (6.2) | 0.99 (0.54–1.80) | 0.97 |
*All participants were triaged as asymptomatic. This table reports answers to a questionnaire about “any symptoms (even if mild) in the past week.”
†Urethral symptoms were any of the following: dysuria, discharge, urethral itch, or discomfort. No individual symptom was significantly associated with any organism.
‡Anorectal symptoms were any of the following: anal pain, bleeding, itch, or discomfort. No individual symptom was significantly associated with any organism.