Mycoplasma genitalium, the little-known sexual disease that could become the new superbug

A little-known badually transmitted disease could become the next superbact, unless people are more attentive, warn experts.

This is Mycoplasma badium (MG), an infection that in many cases does not show symptoms but may make some women infertile.

It is easy to switch MG to a high level, but if it is not treated properly, it can develop antibiotic resistance. MG bacteria can cause inflammation in the urethra, secretion in the penis and pain during urination.

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it can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, cause pain and, in some cases, fever and badl bleeding.

The form of transmission is due to unprotected bad. The use of condoms can prevent infection.

Wearing condoms (and using them)

MG was first identified by researchers from the United Kingdom in the 1980s. It is estimated that it affects between 1% and 2%.

Although it does not always give rise to symptoms and that it does not always require medical treatment, the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) believes that this disease … which is often confused with other badually transmitted infections, such as chlamydia, is worrisome.

Therefore, the organization has issued new recommendations, in which it details how to identify the infection and how to treat it.

In women, MG can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), an infectious disease that affects the upper part of the female reproductive system.

Up to now, there are no standardized tests for diagnosis. This infection is usually caused by a female bad exudate and a urine test in men with symptoms, or if a badual partner has been diagnosed with this disease.

Treatment consists of a cycle of a family of antibiotics called macrolides. However, doctors warn that the infection develops resistance to some of these drugs.

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? Reason, Peter Greenhouse, an expert on badually transmitted diseases and a member of BASHH, urged people to take precautions.

"It's time for the public to learn what is Mycoplasma badium ".

"This is one more reason to bring condoms on your summer vacation and, indeed, to use them."

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