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Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Research

Symptoms, Sites, and Significance of Mycoplasma genitalium in Men Who Have Sex with Men

Tim R.H. Read, Gerald L. Murray, Jennifer A. Danielewski, Christopher K. Fairley, Michelle Doyle, Karen Worthington, Jenny Su, Elisa Mokany, L.T. Tan, David Lee, Lenka A. Vodstrcil, Eric P.F. Chow, Suzanne M. Garland, Marcus Y. Chen, and Catriona S. BradshawComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Carlton, Victoria, Australia (T.R.H. Read, C.K. Fairley, M. Doyle, K. Worthington, D. Lee, L.A. Vodstrcil, E.P.F. Chow, M.Y. Chen, C.S. Bradshaw); Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (T.R.H. Read, C.K. Fairley, L.A. Vodstrcil, E.P.F. Chow, M.Y. Chen, C.S. Bradshaw); Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Melbourne (G.L. Murray); Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (G.L. Murray, J.A. Danielewski, J. Su, S.M. Garland); Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne (G.L. Murray, J.A. Danielewski, S.M. Garland); Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne (G.L. Murray, S.M. Garland); SpeeDx Pty Ltd, Eveleigh, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (E. Mokany, L.T. Tan); University of Melbourne, Melbourne (S.M. Garland)

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Table 4

Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in asymptomatic men who have sex with men compared with clinic attendees diagnosed with proctitis or NGU, Australia*

Characteristic
 Asymptomatic men tested at the rectum for STIs
 Clinic attendees with symptoms of proctitis
 Odds ratio (95% CI)
 p value
 Asymptomatic men tested at the urethra for STIs
 Clinic attendees with symptoms of NGU
 Odds ratio (95% CI)
 p value
M. genitalium
Not detected 931 (93.0) 335 (94.4) 974 (97.3) 936 (91.9)
Detected
 70 (7.0)
 20 (5.6)
 0.79 
(0.45–1.35)
 0.38
 27 (2.7)
 83 (8.1)
 3.20 
(2.03–5.18)
 <0.0001
C. trachomatis
Not detected 877 (91.5) 277 (78.7) 942 (98.3) 878 (85.5)
Detected
 81 (8.5)
 75 (21.3)
 2.93 
(2.05–4.18)
 <0.0001
 16 (1.7)
 149 (14.5)
 9.99 
(5.89– 18.07)
 <0.0001
N. gonorrhoeae
Not detected 903 (93.8) 252 (71.6)
Detected 60 (6.2) 100 (28.4) 5.97 
(4.15–8.61) <0.0001

*Treated as NGU but not confirmed by urethral Gram stain. NGU, nongonococcal urethritis; STI, sexually transmitted infection.

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