Scientists sound alarm over little-known US anti-biotic resistant STI

A ‘silent-spreader’ STI which can cause infertility is feared to be evolving into a superbug.

Mycoplasma genitalium, also known as M. genitalium or M. gen, has become resistant to every antibiotic used to treat it so far.

The sexually transmitted infection was first discovered in in the 1980s — but a test has only been available in the US since 2019.

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