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Standard Treatment Regimens for Nongonococcal Urethritis Have Similar but Declining Cure Rates: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Manhart, Lisa E., Gillespie, Catherine W., Lowens, M. Sylvan, Khosropour, Christine M., Colombara, Danny V., Golden, Matthew R., Hakhu, Navneet R., Thomas, Katherine K., Hughes, James P., Jensen, Nicole L., Totten, Patricia A.

“…Background. Azithromycin or doxycycline is recommended for nongonococcal urethritis (NGU); recent evidence suggests their efficacy has declined. We compared…”
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Sequence variation and immunogenicity of the Mycoplasma genitalium MgpB and MgpC adherence proteins during persistent infection of men with non-gonococcal urethritis by Wood, Gwendolyn E, Iverson-Cabral, Stefanie L, Gillespie, Catherine W, Lowens, M Sylvan, Manhart, Lisa E, Totten, Patricia A

“…Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen that infects men and women. Antigenic variation of MgpB and MgpC, the immunodominant…”
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Analysis of the Mycoplasma genitalium MgpB Adhesin to Predict Membrane Topology, Investigate Antibody Accessibility, Characterize Amino Acid Diversity, and Identify Functional and Immunogenic Epitopes by Iverson-Cabral, Stefanie L, Wood, Gwendolyn E, Totten, Patricia A

“…Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted pathogen and is associated with reproductive tract disease that can be chronic in nature despite the induction…”
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Standardized Methods and Quality Control Limits for Agar and Broth Microdilution Susceptibility Testing of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum by WAITES, Ken B, DUFFY, Lynn B, SHORTRIDGE, Virginia D, WATTS, Jeffrey L, BROWN, Steven D, BEBEAR, Cécile M, MATLOW, Anne, TALKINGTON, Deborah F, KENNY, George E, TOTTEN, Patricia A, BADE, Donald J, XIAOTIAN ZHENG, DAVIDSON, Maureen K

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Persistence, Immune Response, and Antigenic Variation of Mycoplasma genitalium in an Experimentally Infected Pig-Tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) by Wood, Gwendolyn E, Iverson-Cabral, Stefanie L, Patton, Dorothy L, Cummings, Peter K, Cosgrove Sweeney, Yvonne T, Totten, Patricia A

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Clinical Presentation of Mycoplasma genitalium Infection versus Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection among Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease by Short, Vanessa L., Totten, Patricia A., Ness, Roberta B., Astete, Sabina G., Kelsey, Sheryl F., Haggerty, Catherine L.

“…Background. Women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) often present with a spectrum of symptoms. The characteristics of nongonococcal, nonchlamydial PID…”
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Comparison of Transcription-Mediated Amplification and PCR Assay Results for Various Genital Specimen Types for Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium by Wroblewski, Jennifer K.H, Manhart, Lisa E, Dickey, Kathleen A, Hudspeth, Marie K, Totten, Patricia A

“…Mycoplasma genitalium is now recognized as a possible cause of several idiopathic sexually transmitted disease (STD) syndromes. However, due to the difficulty…”
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High Mycoplasma genitalium Organism Burden Is Associated with Shedding of HIV-1 DNA from the Cervix by Manhart, Lisa E., Mostad, Sara B., Baeten, Jared M., Astete, Sabina G., Mandaliya, Kishorchandra, Totten, Patricia A.

“…We assessed the relationship between infection with Mycoplasma genitalium, an emerging sexually transmitted pathogen, and cervical shedding of human…”
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Mucopurulent Cervicitis and Mycoplasma genitalium by Manhart, Lisa E, Critchlow, Cathy W, Holmes, King K, Dutro, Susan M, Eschenbach, David A, Stevens, Claire E, Totten, Patricia A

“…Many cases of mucopurulent cervicitis (MPC) are idiopathic and cannot be attributed to the known cervical pathogens Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia…”
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The Unique Microbiology and Molecular Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma genitalium by McGowin, Chris L., Totten, Patricia A.

“…Mycoplasma genitalium is increasingly appreciated as a common cause of sexually transmitted disease syndromes, including urethritis in men and cervicitis,…”
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Mycoplasma genitalium Infection and Persistence in a Cohort of Female Sex Workers in Nairobi, Kenya by COHEN, CRAIG R., NOSEK, MARCIANNA, MEIER, AMALIA, ASTETE, SABINA G., IVERSON-CABRAL, STEFANIE, MUGO, NELLY R., TOTTEN, PATRICIA A.

“…Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the risk factors for and persistence of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) in a highly exposed female population…”
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Comprehensive Assessment of Sociodemographic and Behavioral Risk Factors for Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in Women by Hancock, Emily B., Manhart, Lisa E., Nelson, Sara J., Kerani, Roxanne, Wroblewski, Jennifer K. H., Totten, Patricia A.

“…Background: Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis are characterized by different risk factors, thus control strategies for each also differ. In…”
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Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium-Reactive Cervicovaginal Antibodies among Infected Women by Iverson-Cabral, Stefanie L, Manhart, Lisa E, Totten, Patricia A

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Intrastrain Heterogeneity of the mgpB Gene in Mycoplasma genitalium Is Extensive In Vitro and In Vivo and Suggests that Variation Is Generated via Recombination with Repetitive Chromosomal Sequences by Iverson-Cabral, Stefanie L, Astete, Sabina G, Cohen, Craig R, Rocha, Eduardo P.C, Totten, Patricia A

“…Mycoplasma genitalium is associated with reproductive tract disease in women and may persist in the lower genital tract for months, potentially increasing the…”
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Changes in the Etiology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Botswana between 1993 and 2002: Implications for the Clinical Management of Genital Ulcer Disease by Paz-Bailey, Gabriela, Rahman, Mafiz, Chen, Cheng, Ballard, Ronald, Moffat, Howard J., Kenyon, Tom, Kilmarx, Peter H., Totten, Patricia A., Astete, Sabina, Boily, Marie Claude, Ryan, Caroline

“…Background. In recent years, increasing evidence has accumulated that suggests the majority of cases of genital ulcer disease in sub-Saharan Africa are due to…”
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Mycoplasma Genitalium Among Women With Nongonococcal, Nonchlamydial Pelvic Inflammatory Disease by Haggerty, Catherine L, Totten, Patricia A, Astete, Sabina G, Ness, Roberta B

“…Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a frequent condition of young women, often resulting in reproductive morbidity. Although Neisseria gonorrhoeae and/or…”
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Detection of Novel Organisms Associated with Salpingitis, by Use of 16S rDNA Polymerase Chain Reaction by Hebb, Jennifer K., Cohen, Craig R., Astete, Sabina G., Bukusi, Elizabeth A., Totten, Patricia A.

“…Although Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are established causes of salpingitis, the majority of cases have no known etiology. We used…”
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Identification of novel microbes associated with pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility by Haggerty, Catherine L, Totten, Patricia A, Tang, Gong, Astete, Sabina G, Ferris, Michael J, Norori, Johana, Bass, Debra C, Martin, David H, Taylor, Brandie D, Ness, Roberta B

“…As pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) aetiology is not completely understood, we examined the relationship between select novel bacteria, PID and long-term…”
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MG428 is a novel positive regulator of recombination that triggers mgpB and mgpC gene variation in Mycoplasma genitalium by Burgos, Raul, Totten, Patricia A.

“…Summary The human pathogen Mycoplasma genitalium employs homologous recombination to generate antigenic diversity in the immunodominant MgpB and MgpC proteins…”
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Design and Validation of Transcription-Mediated-Amplification Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Mycoplasma genitalium by Kirkconnell, Brett, Weinbaum, Barbara, Santos, Katherine, Le Nguyen, Trisha, Vinluan, Bryan, Astete, Sabina, Wood, Gwendolyn E, Totten, Patricia A, Getman, Damon K

“…is a sexually transmitted bacterium linked to adverse sexual and reproductive health outcomes in women and men. is difficult to culture, and in the absence of…”
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