Burden of Mycoplasma genitalium and Bacterial Coinfections in a Population-Based Sample in New Mexico

Anne Hammer; Patti E Gravitt; Rachael Adcock; Nicole Patterson; Jack Cuzick; Cosette M Wheeler; New Mexico HPV Pap Registry Steering Committee

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001472

Burden of Mycoplasma genitalium and Bacterial Coinfections in a Population-Based Sample in New Mexico

Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Dec 1;48(12):e186-e189. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001472.

Authors

Anne Hammer, Patti E Gravitt¹, Rachael Adcock², Nicole Patterson³, Jack Cuzick², Cosette M Wheeler; New Mexico HPV Pap Registry Steering Committee

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
² Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, United Kingdom.
³ Departments of Pathology.

Abstract

In this population-based US study, the overall prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium was 1.95% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.62%-2.34%), declining from 6.12% (95% CI, 4.72%-7.92%) in women aged 21 to 24 years to 0.48% (95% CI, 0.25%-0.94%) in women aged 40 to 64 years. The prevalence of coinfections with Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis was low.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Coinfection* / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Mycoplasma Infections* / epidemiology
Mycoplasma genitalium*
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
New Mexico

Grants and funding

U19 AI113187/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States