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Britse onderzoekers hebben een nieuwe seksueel overdraagbare aandoening geïdentificeerd. Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) werd in de jaren tachtig al ontdekt als bacterie, maar onderzoekers zeggen nu dat deze bacterie seksueel kan worden doorgegeven.

Mycoplasma may be the only infection in a body or can be a co-infection of Lyme. There are various species of mycoplasma. Approximately 60% of Lyme infected people also have mycoplasmal infections. The most common are Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, M. genitalium, M. penetrans, and some other species. In some cases multiple mycoplasmal infections are present in Lyme Disease, thereby complicating the diagnosis of Lyme Disease because the symptoms are similar.

High prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Mycoplasma genitalium in nongonococcal urethritis: the need for routine testing and the inadequacy of current treatment options.

Mycoplasma genitalium is a small pathogenic bacterium that lives on the ciliated epithelial cells of the urinary and genital tracts in humans. Its existence was first reported in 1981,[2