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Clearance of mycoplasma genitalium and trichomonas vaginalis among adolescents and young adults with pelvic inflammatory disease: Results from the tech-N study

Date:

11/15/2020

Citation:

Trent M, Yusuf HE, Perin J, Anders J, Chung SE, Tabacco-Saeed L, Rowell J, Huettner S, Rothman R, Butz A, Gaydos CA. Clearance of Mycoplasma genitalium and Trichomonas vaginalis Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Results From the Tech-N Study. Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Nov;47(11):e47-e50. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001221. PMID: 32569258; PMCID: PMC7872072.

Abstract

Current pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) treatment effectively treats Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT). However, coverage may be inadequate for Mycoplasma genitalium (MG)/Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infections. We compared the longitudinal MG and TV outcomes with NG/CT outcomes for women enrolled in a longitudinal randomized controlled trial to optimize outcomes after PID. The prevalences of CT and NG were lower at 30- and 90-day follow-up compared with the prevalence at the time of diagnosis. No significant difference was observed for MG (odds ratio, 0.95; 0.86-1.04; P = 0.265) and TV (odds ratio, 0.89; 0.75-1.04; P = 0.146) over time for both treatment groups, showing that persistence and/or reinfection with MG and TV occurs more frequently than with CT or NG after treatment of PID using current national treatment guidelines.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32569258/