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A new sexually transmitted superbug will make 3,000 infertile women each year unless it is addressed, warn experts.
NHS services run out of money poorly diagnose the infection called mycoplasma genitalium (MG) because of a lack of
The British Association for Sexual and Reproductive Health HIV (BASHH) today released new guidelines approved by NICE to prevent an explosion of infection rates in 5 to 10 years.
MG currently affects one in every 100 people and if untreated can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) that causes infertility.
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Experts say a lack of test kits means that it is regularly mistaken for chlamydia and treated with incorrect doses of antibiotics – the construction of dangerous antibiotic resistance that could see it soon become intractable.
BASHH spokesman Paddy Horner said: "W We can not afford to continue the approach we have followed over the past 15 years, as this will undoubtedly lead to an emergency. public health with the emergence of MG as a superbug.
"We directly ask the government"
(1965: 00007) Data published under freedom of information laws show that only one in ten local constituents buys the vital test kits needed to fight the sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that currently.
The new national guidelines are for women with MG symptoms to undergo the test and treated with the correct medication.
Dr. Peter Greenhouse, Bristol Sex Consultant and BASHH Member said: "It's a" Without funds to properly diagnose MG, or the opportunity for people to visit clinics for checkups we will never be able to control this infection. "
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