Evaluating the prevalence and risk factors for macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium using a newly developed qPCR assay

• Joyce F. Braam ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: jbraam@ggd.amsterdam.nl

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service (GGD) of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5043-3424

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• David J. Hetem,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, The Netherlands

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• Clarissa E. Vergunst,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service (GGD) of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Dermatology, NWZ Den Helder, Den Helder, The Netherlands

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• Sophie Kuizenga Wessel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious diseases, Public Health Service, The Hague, The Netherlands

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• Martijn S. van Rooijen,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service (GGD) of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Roel H. T. Nijhuis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical microbiology and immunology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

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• Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service (GGD) of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute (AI&II), Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Alje P. van Dam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service (GGD) of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute (AI&II), Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Sylvia M. Bruisten

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service (GGD) of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute (AI&II), Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4897-4261

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