How to Prevent Mycoplasma Infections
Instructions
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Cover your nose and mouth while coughing or sneezing to prevent spreading mycoplasma infections, as with any respiratory disease. Throw the used tissue in a waste basket.
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Wash your hands frequently, especially after coughing or sneezing and avoid close contact with infected patients. Use soap and water or an alcohol-based hand cleanser.
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Stay home when you are ill and do not share drinking glasses, eating utensils, towels or other personal items.
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Treat Mycoplasma infections with azithromycin as a prophylaxis. Erythromycin or clarithromycin are also used as alternatives. Studies also have supported the use of tetracyclines as a preventative for mycoplasma infections. This use is discouraged in people who are not already infected. A previous infection does provide some immunity, but it is not permanent and secondary infections are usually milder. No certified vaccine for Mycoplasma pneumoniae is available.
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Use standard epidemic control measures to significantly reduce secondary attacks in closed populations. Abstinence may help control the spread of mycoplasma infections of the lower urogenital tract.
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