Mycoplasma Genitalium Is an Emerging Cause of Genital Tract Infections

Multiple Choice

Mycoplasma genitalium is an emerging cause of genital tract infections in men and women worldwide. The organism was discovered and identified only in the early 1980s. Rising incidence and increasing resistance to antimicrobial medications are problematic. You are asked by your nursing professor to prepare a short presentation on this emerging disease. The questions that follow are those that you anticipate that being asked by your classmates.
-Mycoplasma genitalium infections frequently go undiagnosed for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) there are no widely available FDA-approved diagnostic tests for M. genitalium infections.
B) infections are often asymptomatic in both males and females.
C) if signs and symptoms do occur, they resemble those of gonorrhea or chlamydia.
D) NAAT tests that are commonly used for clinical diagnosis often give False positive results.
E) All of the answer choices are True.