Assessing the need for routine screening for Mycoplasma genitalium in the low-risk female population: A prevalence and co-infection study on women from Croatia

Assessing the need for routine screening for Mycoplasma genitalium in the low-risk female population: A prevalence and co-infection study on women from Croatia

Background: There is an ongoing debate regarding possible cost and benefits, but also harm of universal screening for the emerging sexually transmitted pathogen Mycoplasma genitalium. Methods: From the initial pool of 8665 samples that were tested, a subset of Chlamydia trachomatis-positive and rand...

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Main Authors: Sunčanica Ljubin-Sternak, Tomislav Meštrović, Branko Kolarić, Neda Jarža-Davila, Tatjana Marijan, Jasmina Vraneš
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
Cervical swabs
Chlamydia trachomatis
Mycoplasma genitalium
Mycoplasma hominis
screening
sexually transmitted infections
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