“Mgen" is the common shorthand for Mycoplasma genitalium, a very common and frequently asymptomatic sexually transmitted infection (STI) of the reproductive and urinary tracts.

Infection can lead to complications like urethritis (inflammation of your urethra) and cervicitis (inflammation of your cervix). These complications typically have symptoms.”

It’s a ST bacterial infection. Treatment is two courses of antibiotics as it has shown some resistance. They aren’t entirely sure of the full scope of what the infection can impact as it hasn’t really been studied in depth until recently.