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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2022

Impact of 16S rRNA Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on Mycoplasma genitalium Organism Load with Doxycycline Treatment.

Teck-Phui Chua, Jennifer Danielewski, Kaveesha Bodiyabadu, Catriona S Bradshaw, Dorothy A Machalek, Suzanne M Garland, Erica L Plummer, Lenka A Vodstrcil, Gerald L Murray

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Teck-Phui ChuaMolecular Microbiology Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Jennifer DanielewskiMolecular Microbiology Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Kaveesha BodiyabaduMolecular Microbiology Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Catriona S BradshawMelbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Dorothy A MachalekCentre for Women's Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Suzanne M GarlandMolecular Microbiology Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Erica L PlummerMolecular Microbiology Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5710-2671
Lenka A VodstrcilMelbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Gerald L MurrayMolecular Microbiology Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3330-4433
Royal Women's Hospital · AUMelbourne Sexual Health Centre · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Doxycycline targets the 16S rRNA and is widely used for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections. While it is not highly effective at eradicating Mycoplasma genitalium infections, it can reduce organism load. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 16S rRNA gene of M. genitalium and change in organism load. M. genitalium samples were collected from 56 men prior to commencing doxycycline and at a median of 13 of 14 doses. These were sequenced for the 16S rRNA, and the association between 16S rRNA SNPs and change in organism load was determined. 16S rRNA sequences were available for 52/56 (92.9%) M. genitalium-infected men, of which 20 (38.5%) had an undetectable load, 26 (50.0%) had a decrease in M. genitalium load (median change of 105-fold), and 6 (11.5%) had an increase in load (median change of 5-fold). The most common SNPs identified were A742G (10/52 [19.2%]), GG960-961TT/C (7/52 [13.5%]), and C1435T (28/52 [53.8%]) (M. genitalium numbering). None were associated with a change in organism load (

Indexed as

DoxycyclineMycoplasma genitaliumMycoplasma InfectionsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotidePrevalenceAnti-Bacterial AgentsDoxycyclineRNA, Ribosomal, 16S16S rRNA geneantibiotic resistancedoxycyclineMycoplasma genitalium

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PMID35420491
PMCPMC9112994
OpenAlexW4223905977

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