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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 5

Risk factors for detection of macrolide resistance mutations in anogenital Mycoplasma genitalium infections detected in men who have sex with men, Australia

Category
 Mutations not detected, no. (%)
 Mutations detected, no. (%)
 p value
Overall
 15 (15.8)
 80 (84.2)
Antibiotic in the preceding 3 months
None 13 (86.7) 54 (67.5)
Yes, not azithromycin 2 (13.3) 17 (21.3)
Yes, azithromycin
 0
 9 ( 11.2)
 0.39
HIV status
Negative 15 (100.0) 75 (93.8)
Positive
 0
 5 ( 6.2)
 1.0
Taking or starting PrEP*
No 15 (100.0) 59 (78.7)
Yes
 0
 16 (21.3)
 0.06
Site of infection
Urine 4 (26.7) 23 (28.0)
Rectum 11 (73.3) 59 (72.2) 0.91

*PrEP, preexposure prophylaxis. HIV-positive men excluded.

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