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Mycoplasma genitalium Incidence and Antibiotic Resistance # Mycoplasma genitalium Incidence, Coinfection, and Antibiotic Resistance: A Prospective Study at a Walk-In Clinic in Los Angeles County, CA _Open Forum Infection Diseases_ 2024-08-11 ## Abstract Among 98 participants with penile discharge symptoms of Chlamydia trachomatisorNeisseria gonorrhoeae at a walk-in sexual health clinic, 11 were diagnosed with Mycoplasma genitalium, 10 had antibiotic resistance, and 6 were incorrectly presumptively treated. Our findings highlight the importance of public health strategies and research to curb M genitalium. [PubMed abstract](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39113830/) ![Adam Sukhija-Cohen, Ph.D., MPH](https://dyn.mktgcdn.com/p/oG6j4xlIyjQbIQf2FoEKFvWQwibGOne6RkEnQ4sFM7M/fit=crop,gravity=auto,dpr=2,width=188,height=250,quality=100) Adam Sukhija-Cohen, Ph.D., MPH Principal investigator [View profile](https://www.sutterhealth.org/research/investigators/adam-sukhija-cohen-phd-mph-1049681258) ## Research topics - [Infectious Disease](https://www.sutterhealth.org/research-search-results?query=%22%5C%22Infectious+Disease%5C%22%22) ## Related publications [View all publications](https://www.sutterhealth.org/research-search-results?verticalKey=research_publication) - Publication ### [Factors contributing to variability of quantitative viral PCR results in proficiency testing samples: a multivariate analysis.](https://www.sutterhealth.org/research/publications/variability-of-quantitative-viral-pcr-results-test-samples-1055312782) Hayden RT, Yan X, Wick MT, Rodriguez AB, Xiong X, Ginocchio CC, Mitchell MJ, Caliendo AM; College of American Pathologists Microbiology Resource Committee. 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