https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6503
Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of genital Mycoplasmas detected by Mycoplasma IST 2 from urogenital samples in Padua, Italy, between January 2014 and December 2015
Submitted: 20 December 2016
Accepted: 27 February 2017
Published: 28 March 2017
Accepted: 27 February 2017
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Materials and methods. The analysis was carried out on a total of 10861 samples. Species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed using bioMérieux Mycoplasma IST 2.
Results. 2668 samples (24.6%) from 2043 patients were positive: 2466 samples positive for Ureaplasma spp. (1897 patients) and 8 samples positive for M. hominis (8 patients), while in 194 samples (138 patients) was detected a coinfection. As for antimicrobial susceptibility of Ureaplasma spp. we found a resistance (R+I) rate of 90.6% for ciprofloxacin, of 74,1% for ofloxacin, of 52.8% for azithromycin and of 47.0% for erythromycin.
Conclusions. Our report shows a high prevalence of Ureaplasma spp. in the study population. Surveillance of antibiotic resistance is critical for an appropriate therapeutic approach, which must always be contextualized with patient’s symptomatology.
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Bartolini, A., Scapaticci, M., Akkouche, W., Boldrin, C., & Rossi, L. (2017). Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of genital Mycoplasmas detected by Mycoplasma IST 2 from urogenital samples in Padua, Italy, between January 2014 and December 2015. Microbiologia Medica, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6503
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