MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM: ANOTHER IMPORTANT PATHOGEN OF NONGONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS

The various results reported to date tend to support the proposition that M. genitalium is a pathogen of nongonococcal urethritis. However, currently diagnostic methods for this important mycoplasma are not available in clinical practice. Because of the possible association of the posttreatment presence of M. genitalium in the urethra with persistent or recurrent nongonococcal urethritis, eradication of this mycoplasma from the urethra is essential for managing M. genitalium positive disease. However, clinical data on treating M. genitalium positive nongonococcal urethritis are extremely limited. Thus, further studies are required to develop new diagnostic methods that would be available in clinical settings and establish a new treatment algorithm for nongonococcal urethritis, including M. genitalium positive disease.