Mycoplasma genitalium

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Mycoplasma genitalium (also known as MG, Mgen, or since 2018, Mycoplasmoides genitalium) is a sexually transmitted, small pathogenic bacterium that lives on the mucous epithelial cells of the urinary and genital tracts in humans. The bacterium was first isolated from the urogenital tract of humans in 1981 and was identified as a new species of Mycoplasma in 1983. Medical journals in 2007 and 2015 reported that Mgen had become more common. It increases the risk of HIV spread in men and women, with higher occurrences in those previously treated with azithromycin antibiotics, due to increased resistance to macrolides. Treatment is beginning to shift toward fluoroquionlones like moxifloxacin.

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