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Overall prevalence of Mollicutes infection was 22.3% (> 20.000 analyzed subjects). Ureaplasma species showed high levels of ciprofloxacin resistance (39.5%), whereas Mycoplasma hominis strains were nonsusceptible to azithromycin and roxithromycin in about 60% of cases.
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Minocycline should be preferred for Mollicutes empirical treatment
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This page is a summary of: Antimicrobial Resistance of Genital Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma: A Multicentre Study Over a 5-Year Period in Italy (2017–2021), Microbial Drug Resistance, December 2023, Mary Ann Liebert Inc,
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2023.0202.
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