Prevalence, Macrolide Resistance, and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium in Men Who Have Sex With Men Attending an Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic in Dublin, Ireland in 2017-2018.

This is the first prevalence study of Mycoplasma genitalium and antimicrobial resistance study in Ireland. In urine samples from men who have sex with men (n = 400) attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Dublin, the prevalence of M. genitalium was 3% (12 of 400 specimens; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-4.7%), and the prevalences of macrolide resistance (75%), fluoroquinolone resistance (33.3%), and multidrug resistance (33.3%) were very high.