Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in Young Women Without Urogenital Symptoms Presenting to a Community-Based Emergency Department in Birmingham, Alabama

Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Feb 1;48(2):e27-e29. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001227.

Abstract

We used the Food and Drug Administration-cleared Aptima Mycoplasma genitalium assay to evaluate for M. genitalium infection among young women without urogenital symptoms presenting to a community-based emergency department in Birmingham, Alabama, between August 2016 to August 2019 for evaluation of nongynecological concerns. M. genitalium was detected in 23 (14.8%) of 155 women.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alabama / epidemiology
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycoplasma Infections* / diagnosis
  • Mycoplasma Infections* / epidemiology
  • Mycoplasma genitalium*
  • Prevalence