Prevalence and Factors Associated With Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in At-Risk Female Adolescents in Bronx County, New York.

Background: Mycoplasma genitalium infection can adversely affect female reproductive health, but data are limited about prevalence and characteristics of the infection in female adolescents. We employed a sensitive assay to detect M. genitalium infection, and we describe its characteristics in a clinical sample of women younger than 21 years.

Navigating Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening Recommendations for People on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and the Need to Update Testing Algorithms.

Incident HIV infections occurring in people on PrEP may have delayed seroconversion. New CDC guidelines recommend the addition of HIV-1 viral load for screening for all on PrEP. We believe antigen/antibody screening should continue for tenofovir-based PrEP at this time.