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Pathogenesis and Significance of Urogenital Mycoplasmal Infections

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Urogenital Infections

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 224))

Abstract

Of the seven species of mycoplasmas isolated from the urogenital tract of humans, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis are the ones found most commonly and are the only two known to cause disease (1–3). Mycoplasma genitalium is a newly identified species first isolated from males with urethritis (4–6). Serological studies of females with pelvic inflammatory disease (7) and experimental inoculation of primates (8–10) suggest that this organism may also be pathogenic for humans, although its prevalence is unknown.

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Cassell, G.H. et al. (1987). Pathogenesis and Significance of Urogenital Mycoplasmal Infections. In: Bondi, A., Stieritz, D.D., Campos, J.M., Miller, L.A. (eds) Urogenital Infections. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 224. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8932-3_10

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