Mycoplasma genitalium is a common sexually-transmitted disease that is seen around the world.
Risk factors:
(1) sexually active with multiple partners
(2) contact with a female sex worker
Clinical features in the male:
(1) urethritis, acute or chronic (nongonococcal urethritis, NGU)
(2) balanitis (infection of the glans penis)
(3) posthitis (infection of foreskin)
(4) possibly proctitis
(5) therapeutic failure to penicillin or cephalosporin antibiotic (due to absence of cell wall)
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases
