title: Longitudinal quantitative detection by real-time PCR of Mycoplasma genitalium in first-pass urine of men with recurrent nongonococcal urethritis.
abstract: By using a TaqMan assay we monitored longitudinal changes in Mycoplasma genitalium loads in five men with recurrent M. genitalium-positive nongonococcal urethritis. We observed regrowth of M. genitalium persisting in hosts after treatment and a possible association of the increase in the M. genitalium load with emergence of symptoms and signs of nongonococcal urethritis in four of these patients.
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012008:Recurrence; D014526:Urethritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*