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Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Dispatch

Mycoplasma genitalium Antimicrobial Resistance in Community and Sexual Health Clinic Patients, Auckland, New Zealand

Anna Vesty, Gary McAuliffe, Sally Roberts, Gillian Henderson, and Indira BasuComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand (A. Vesty, G. McAuliffe, S. Roberts, G. Henderson, I. Basu); Labtests, Auckland (G. McAuliffe)

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Table 1

Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium strains from community and SHC patients, Auckland, New Zealand, 2017*

Genotypic-resistance profile Frequency, %
Mutation
Community patients SHC patients All patients
23S rRNA parC gyrA
Wild type 20.8 24.2 22.2
Macrolide + 60.4 48.5 55.6
Macrolide + fluoroquinolone + + 12.5 12.1 12.3
Macrolide + fluoroquinolone + + + 2.1 15.1 7.4
Fluoroquinolone + 4.2 0 2.5

*SHC, sexual health clinic; +, positive; –, negative.

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