Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) treatment usually runs about a week and a half: doxycycline first, then a second antibiotic chosen by whether the strain resists macrolides. Many people carry it with no s
Partners of someone diagnosed with Mycoplasma genitalium should generally be tested rather than treated blindly. Current CDC guidance supports testing and treating the partners of symptomatic patients
Mgen reinfection happens when you get re-exposed to Mycoplasma genitalium after a cure — usually through an untreated partner who passes it back — rather than the original infection never clearing. Tr
Mycoplasma genitalium often causes no symptoms in women, but when it does, the most common signs are cervicitis-related: unusual vaginal discharge, bleeding between periods or after sex, pain during i
A Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) test of cure is a repeat NAAT done 3-4 weeks after you finish treatment to confirm the bacterium is gone. It matters because macrolide resistance now causes the standard
There's no good evidence that Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) reliably infects or causes disease in the throat. This bug is a urogenital pathogen — it's established in the urethra and cervix, but pharyng
Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) and chlamydia are both bacterial infections that cause urethritis in men and cervicitis in women, and they feel almost identical. The key difference is treatment: chlamydi
Mycoplasma genitalium spreads almost entirely through sexual contact — vaginal and anal sex that brings genital mucous membranes and fluids together. It's a true STI, not something you catch from toil
Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) is treated with a resistance-guided, two-step antibiotic course that always starts with doxycycline. After the doxycycline lead-in, you take azithromycin if your strain is
Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) shows up differently by sex: in men it usually causes urethritis — discharge and burning with urination that tends to linger or come back — while in women it more often ca
Mgen testing uses an FDA-cleared NAAT (nucleic acid amplification test) on a urine sample or a swab to detect Mycoplasma genitalium 's genetic material. Because macrolide resistance is now common, cur
Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) is a sexually transmitted bacterium that causes urethritis in men and cervicitis in women, though it's often silent — especially in women. It's frequently mistaken for chl
Mycoplasma genitalium is usually curable, but the word comes with a condition: cure now depends on matching the antibiotic to the strain. Because more than half of strains in many areas resist the old
Mycoplasma genitalium can cause real complications when it's missed or undertreated: in women it can drive cervicitis up into pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and emerging evidence links it to tubal