| [mycoplasmas and fertility (author's transl)]. | this article investigates the pathogenic role of mycoplasmas, especially ureaplasma urealyticum, and mycoplasma hominis, on female and male sterility, on pregnancy evolution, and on perinatal infections. many studies attest to the presence of mycoplasmas in cervical and tubal infections, and in cases of purperal fever, and relate on the possible influence of mycoplasmas on spontaneous abortions, infections in utero, and infections in the new born. the diagnosis of mycoplasmatic infections is e ... | 1981 | 12262383 |
| sexually transmitted diseases (std) in infertile males attending the andrology clinic at ga-rankuwa hospital. | sexually transmitted diseases (stds) affect the physiology of male/female reproduction. chronic bacterial infection of semen is uncommon, but may be a cause of male infertility. antibacterial treatment results in improvement in sperm quality, once the infection is eradicated. little is known about how infection with mycoplasma hominis affects semen quality, but treatment with antibiotics improves motility and decreases the percentage of coiled tails. chlamydia trachomatis is not frequently i ... | 1992 | 12286085 |
| [sexually transmitted agents in gynecology: incidence and importance]. | the study comprised the analysis of 77 patients between may 1985 and may 1986 in the emergency clinic of the gynecological clinic of the faculty of medicine of the university of sao paulo. three different groups constituted the cases: a) 15 women devoid of infectious symptoms, aged 18-52 with an average of 31.5 years; b) 25 patients who were carriers of mucous purulent cervicitis, aged 16-42 with an average age of 27.6 years; and c) 37 carriers of acute salpingitis, aged 16-48 with an average ... | 1987 | 12288347 |
| douching in relation to bacterial vaginosis, lactobacilli, and facultative bacteria in the vagina. | to study how frequency, recentness, and reason for douching impact bacterial vaginosis-related vaginal microflora and the occurrence of cervical pathogens. douching has been linked to bacterial vaginosis as well as to chlamydial cervicitis in some, but not all, studies. | 2002 | 12383547 |
| in vitro antimycoplasmal activity of oleuropein. | the activity of oleuropein, a phenolic glycoside contained in olive oil, was investigated in vitro against mycoplasma hominis, mycoplasma fermentans, mycoplasma pneumoniae and mycoplasma pirum. oleuropein inhibited mycoplasmas at concentrations from 20 to 320 mg/l. the mics of oleuropein to m. pneumoniae, m. pirum, m. hominis and m. fermentans were 160, 320, 20 and 20 mg/l, respectively. | 2002 | 12385687 |
| probiotics--a therapy in search of a disease. | | 2002 | 12389361 |
| mycoplasma hominis infection in heart and lung transplantation. | "culture-negative" wound infection and mediastinitis secondary to mycoplasma hominis have been reported after cardiothoracic surgery but no case cluster has ever been described. we report 4 cases of infection in 3 cardiac and 1 bilateral sequential lung transplant recipient over 3 weeks of hospitalization. successful treatment was achieved with early aggressive surgical intervention and combination antibiotics of clindamycin, doxycycline and/or ciprofloxacin. this cluster raises the question of ... | 2002 | 12431497 |
| detection of bacterial vaginosis-related organisms by real-time pcr for lactobacilli, gardnerella vaginalis and mycoplasma hominis. | the aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of detecting bacterial vaginosis (bv)-related organisms in stored genital tract specimens using real-time pcr. frozen cervicovaginal lavage (cvl) samples from 21 women were analyzed by real-time pcr for the numbers of mycoplasma hominis, gardnerella vaginalis and lactobacilli. lactobacilli organisms were detected in all cvl samples, g. vaginalis was detected in all but one sample, while m. hominis was detected in only six samples. using the ... | 2002 | 12443827 |
| mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma species brain abscess in a neonate. | we report an infant with a mixed mycoplasma and ureaplasma brain abscess who was successfully treated with intravenous doxycycline and erythromycin. therapeutic concentrations of doxycycline were demonstrated in cerebrospinal fluid. this report is evidence of the potential for mycoplasma and ureaplasma to produce focal central nervous system infection, as well as meningitis, in neonates and that use of doxycycline can be efficacious in the therapy of such infections. | 2002 | 12458575 |
| drift of tetm determinant in urogenital microbiocenosis containing mycoplasmas during treatment with a tetracycline antibiotic. | we studied the correlation between genetic transfer of tetm determinant in tn916 conjugative transposon by urogenital mycoplasmas (mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum) and changes in the bacterial repertoire during treatment with a tetracycline antibiotic. basic conditions favoring the nonspecific transfer of tetm determinant into mollicute cells are determined and the allele polymorphism of tetm determinant in clinical strains of m. hominis and u. urealyticum is evaluated. the structu ... | 2002 | 12459871 |
| [prevalence of associated microorganisms in genital discharge, argentina]. | there was a significant increase in the number of women demanding gynecological care in public hospital of the great buenos aires, argentina, between 1997 and 1998. it was necessary to update the prevalence of associated microorganisms in order to review the laboratory support and adjust prevention and control guidelines. | 2002 | 12471378 |
| in vitro activities of abt-773 and other antimicrobials against human mycoplasmas. | the in vitro susceptibilities of 103 mycoplasma pneumoniae isolates, 14 mycoplasma hominis isolates, 12 mycoplasma fermentans isolates, and 24 ureaplasma species to abt-773, an investigational ketolide, and seven other agents were determined. for m. pneumoniae, the abt-773 mic at which 90% of isolates are inhibited (mic(90); <or=0.001 microg/ml) was comparable to those of azithromycin, clarithromycin, and erythromycin and at least 128-fold lower than those of levofloxacin, gatifloxacin, moxiflox ... | 2003 | 12499166 |
| in vitro susceptibilities to and bactericidal activities of garenoxacin (bms-284756) and other antimicrobial agents against human mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas. | the in vitro susceptibilities to garenoxacin (bms-284756), an investigational des-fluoroquinolone, and eight other agents were determined for 63 mycoplasma pneumoniae, 45 mycoplasma hominis, 15 mycoplasma fermentans, and 68 ureaplasma sp. isolates. garenoxacin was the most active quinolone, inhibiting all isolates at <or=1 microg/ml. the garenoxacin mic at which 90% of isolates are inhibited (mic(90)s; <or=0.008 microg/ml) was at least 4-fold less than those of moxifloxacin and clindamycin, 8-fo ... | 2003 | 12499185 |
| [allelic polymorphism of the tem(m) determinant in mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum clinical isolates resistant to tetracyclines]. | of the 130 clinical isolates of mycoplasma hominis from patients with nonspecific inflammatory diseases of the urogenital tract (ugt), approximately 10% contained the tet(m) gene after the course of treatment with tetracyclines. this gene was found in nine (25%) of the 36 ureaplasma urealyticum clinical isolates. the nucleotide sequence of 13 tet(m) genes in tcr clinical isolates of m. hominis and five genes in u. urealyticum tcr clinical isolates was determined. a comparison of nucleotide seque ... | 2002 | 12500671 |
| mycoplasma hominis scalp abscess in the newborn. | scalp abscess in the newborn is usually a complication of fetal scalp monitoring and is typically polymicrobial, reflecting maternal vaginal flora. we present a newborn with no apparent scalp trauma who developed scalp abscess that yielded pure growth of mycoplasma hominis. the clue to diagnosis was the growth of pinpoint translucent colonies on blood agar that were gram stain-negative. abscess drainage and systemic clindamycin were curative. | 2002 | 12506953 |
| [the microorganisms associated with bacterial vaginosis as a cause of tubal sterility]. | bacterial vaginosis is one of the most widespread disturbances of the normal state of the vagina of women of reproductive and menopausal age. this condition is highly disregarded due to its moderate and not always clear clinical manifestation. the disturbed proportion of microorganisms in vagina is shown in the strong decrease or lack of lactobacilli and a spread of associated with bacterial vaginosis microorganisms. g. vaginalis, mobiluncis spp., bacteroides spp. (without b. fragilis), peptostr ... | 2002 | 12516260 |
| [application of different methods in the diagnosis of respiratory mycoplasmosis]. | a complex of methods for the detection of mycoplasma pneumoniae and mycoplasma hominis in children and adults with respiratory diseases (acute, chronic and obstructive bronchitis, pneumonia, recurring croup, bronchial asthma), as well as in children frequently having acute respiratory diseases, has been worked out and tested. both infective agents are frequently detected in the above mentioned pathological processes as monoinfection or mixed infection. mycoplasma antigens are capable of prolonge ... | 2002 | 12525003 |
| vaginal lactobacilli and preterm birth. | to assess the relationship between the absence of vaginal lactobacilli and preterm birth at < 33 weeks of gestation. | 2002 | 12530101 |
| [classification of urogenital tract infection in 518 cases and drug sensitivity analysis]. | in 518 cases with urogenital tract infection detected with mycoplasma identification susceptibility testing reagent box, 308 cases (59.4%) were infected by ureaplasma urealyticum (uu), 21 cases (4.1%) were infected by mycoplasma hominis (mh), and 189 cases (36.5%) were infected by both uu and mh. drug sensitivity to the macrolides (erythromycin, roxithromycin, josamycin, azithromycin), the tetracyclines (doxycycline, minocin), and the quinolines (ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin) were detected at the sa ... | 2001 | 12536620 |
| in vitro susceptibility of mycoplasma hominis clinical isolates to tetracyclines, quinolones and macrolides. | we tested the in vitro activity of levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, tetracycline, erythromycin, roxithromycin, clarithromycin and azithromycin against 110 clinical isolates of mycoplasma hominis. the minimal inhibitory concentrations (mics) were determined with the etest. the minimal concentrations at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited (mic(90)) were 0.064 microg/ml doxycycline and 0.19 microg/ml tetracycline. in 9 isolates (8.1%), the mic for doxycycline was 4-12 microg/ml. these ... | 2002 | 12543541 |
| antenatal mycoplasma infection, the fetal inflammatory response and cerebral white matter damage in very-low-birthweight infants. | we address the question as to whether ureaplasma urealyticum or mycoplasma hominis, cultured from the placenta of very-low-birthweight (vlbw) infants, are associated with an increased risk of (a) fetal vasculitis and (b) ultrasonographic cerebral white matter echolucency. the sample consisted of 464 vlbw infants for whom (i) the surface of the chorion was cultured for u. urealyticum and m. hominis; (ii) the placenta was examined histologically; and (iii) a cranial ultrasound scan was obtained cl ... | 2003 | 12562472 |
| vaginal bacterial flora activates rat peritoneal mast cells. | sixteen strains of physiological and pathological vaginal bacteria were tested for their ability to secrete histamine from rat peritoneal mast cells in vitro. we noticed that mycoplasma hominis-induced histamine release was very high (up to 53.6%). the stimulation of rat mast cells with staphylococccus cohnii, staphylococcus coagulase(-) (two strains), ureaplasma urealyticum, peptostreptococcus spp., bacteroides capillosus, staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus agalactiae resulted in lower but ... | 2002 | 12575924 |
| [role of bacteria associated with sexually transmitted infections in the etiology of lower urinary tract infection in primary care]. | urinary tract infections (uti) are the second most frequent type of infectious pathology treated in primary care clinics. the participation of microorganisms associated with sexually transmitted infection has been reported as a cause of uti; nevertheless this concept is still controversial. to gather data on this subject, we carried out a search for gardnerella vaginalis, ureaplasma urealyticum, mycoplasma hominis and streptococcus agalactiae besides the common microorganisms involved in uti. | 2003 | 12586032 |
| agents of non-gonococcal urethritis in males attending an israeli clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. | non-gonococcal urethritis is the most common clinical diagnosis in men seeking care at clinics for sexually transmitted diseases. | 2003 | 12592953 |
| efficacy and safety of azithromycin as monotherapy or combined with metronidazole compared with two standard multidrug regimens for the treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease. | the objective of the study was to compare the efficacy of azithromycin, alone or with metronidazole, versus two standard multidrug regimens for the treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease (pid). patients with pid were treated with once-daily intravenous (i.v.) azithromycin 500 mg for 1 day or 2 days followed by once-daily azithromycin 250 mg orally for a total of 7 days, alone or with three-times-daily metronidazole 400 mg or 500 mg i.v. then orally for a total of 12-14 days. the comparat ... | 2003 | 12635534 |
| microbial invasion and cytokine response in amniotic fluid in a swedish population of women in preterm labor. | previous studies indicate an association between intra-amniotic microbial invasion and/or inflammation and spontaneous preterm birth, but there is a limited amount of data available from europe. the aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of intra-amniotic microorganisms and cytokines (interleukin-6 and interleukin-8) in a swedish population of women in preterm labor and their correlation with preterm birth. | 2003 | 12648172 |
| polymorphism of immune response genes as a factor for predisposition to development of diseases. | the association of particular allelic variants of genes coding proteins, such as transporter associated with processing (tap) and heat shock protein (hsp), involved in endocellular processing of endogenous antigens, with synovium pathology accompanied with urogenital infection was observed. the particular alleles of tap1 and tap2 genes appeared to be the factor of predisposition or resistance for chlamidia trachomatis but not for mycoplasma hominis. at the same time, the relative risk for c. tra ... | 2001 | 12687213 |
| genital mycoplasmas in women attending a family planning clinic in guiné-bissau and their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. | a study on the prevalence of genital mycoplasmas and their susceptibility to the most common antimicrobial agents used for treating the infection was conducted on 94 women attending a family planning clinic in guiné-bissau. fifty-four women (57.4%) were positive for mycoplasma hominis and/or ureaplasma urealyticum. m. hominis and u. urealyticum separately isolated from infected women yielded frequencies of 31.5 and 27.8%, respectively, the remainder were infected with both species. no strain was ... | 2003 | 12711099 |
| assessment of antibiotic susceptibility of ureaplasma urealyticum from prostitutes and outpatient clinic patients using the e-test and agar dilution method. | in this study, a total of 647 vaginal discharge samples were examined. ureaplasma urealyticum growth was seen in 68 samples (10.5%). the antibiotic sensitivity of 30 types of u.urealyticum was determined with the e-test and agar dilution method. with the agar dilution method, all types were sensitive to ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin (mic 0.94 microg/ml), tetracycline (mic 0.125 microg/ml) and doxycycline (mic 0.125 and 0.190 microg/ml). furthermore, with the agar dilution method, 18 types (60%) we ... | 2003 | 12714809 |
| [cloning and expression of the mycoplasma hominis ftsz for a cell division protein]. | a mycoplasma hominis chromosomal fragment containing the full-length ftsz gene was cloned and sequenced. natural expression of this gene was demonstrated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) with total rna. the m. hominis ftsz protein was shown to differ substantially from its counterparts of two other mycoplasma species, m. genitalium and m. pneumoniae. the possibility of m. hominis ftsz expression in escherichia coli was demonstrated with several bacterial strains. the m ... | 2003 | 12722630 |
| rapid detection of mycoplasma genitalium, mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma parvum, and ureaplasma urealyticum organisms in genitourinary samples by pcr-microtiter plate hybridization assay. | we present a method for detecting the presence of mycoplasma genitalium, mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma parvum, and ureaplasma urealyticum organisms, which are thought to be associated with nongonococcal urethritis (ngu) and other genitourinary infections, in clinical samples. this method consists of pcr amplification of a part of the 16s rrna gene followed by 96-well microtiter plate hybridization assay using four species-specific capture probes to detect the targets. to test the efficacy of th ... | 2003 | 12734216 |
| detection of several mycoplasma species at various anatomical sites of homosexual men. | in order to determine the colonisation patterns of several mycoplasma species in homosexual men, urethral, oral and rectal specimens from 10 homosexual men with acute non-gonococcal urethritis (ngu) and 18 without ngu were examined using sensitive methods. mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum existed in both groups, which is in keeping with previous studies of heterosexual men. mycoplasma genitalium was detected in the rectum of both ngu-positive and ngu-negative men and in the urethra ... | 2003 | 12734722 |
| a case of mycoplasma hominis meningo-encephalitis in a full-term infant: rapid recovery after start of treatment with ciprofloxacin. | the role of mycoplasma hominisas a causative agent for neonatal sepsis and meningitis is still unclear. meningitis secondary to m. hominisis well-described in the literature; however, m. hominiscan also be isolated from cerebrospinal fluid (csf) obtained from infants without signs of meningitis. we present a case of a full-term infant with meningo-encephalitis with seizures, epileptic activity on the eeg, inflammation of brain tissue on a ct scan, and cloudy csf containing elevated cell counts, ... | 2003 | 12740695 |
| mycoplasma hominis lipid-associated membrane protein antigens for effective detection of m. hominis-specific antibodies in humans. | lipid-associated membrane proteins (lamps) from 14 mycoplasma hominis isolates or strains share similar protein and antigenicity profiles. of 31 human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients from whose samples m. hominis was cultured, 28 tested strongly positive for serum antibodies to m. hominis lamps. the remaining 3 serum samples showed low antibody titer to lamps from all of the 14 m. hominis isolates or strains, which was likely the result of the compromised immune systems of the patients. ... | 2003 | 12746769 |
| can known risk factors explain racial differences in the occurrence of bacterial vaginosis? | black women are more likely to have bacterial vaginosis (bv) than are non-hispanic white women. we examined whether this disparity can be explained by racial differences in known bv risk factors. | 2003 | 12749680 |
| microbial invasion and cytokine response in amniotic fluid in a swedish population of women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes. | previous studies have shown an association between intra-amniotic microbial invasion and/or inflammation and spontaneous preterm birth. the aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of intra-amniotic microorganisms and cytokines [interleukin (il)-6 and il-8] in a swedish population, with low incidence of preterm birth, of women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes and their correlation to preterm birth. | 2003 | 12752072 |
| aetiological diagnosis of brain abscesses and spinal infections: application of broad range bacterial polymerase chain reaction analysis. | to evaluate the usefulness of the broad range bacterial rdna polymerase chain reaction (pcr) method combined with dna sequencing in the aetiological diagnosis of intracranial or spinal infections in neurosurgical patients. | 2003 | 12754340 |
| have ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis infections any significant effect on women fertility? | ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis are known as sexually transmitted agents. u. urealyticum and m. hominis jeopardize male fertility. however, it is unclear whether these infections significantly contribute to female infertility. in this controlled-study we aimed to establish whether m. hominis and u. urealyticum are risk factors for female fertility and prevalence of infection from these agents in patients attending our infertility clinic. total 96 married women enrolled in this pros ... | 2002 | 12754428 |
| [mycoplasmal infection in patients with reactive arthritis and seronegative spondyloarthropaties]. | after investigation of 150 patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathies, inflammation signs of urogenital tract (uretritis in men and endocervicitis in women) were found in about 2/3 of patients. in those patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathies ureaplazma urealyticum was found in more than 1/4 of patients, mycoplasma hominis - in 1/10 of patients, and both microbes appeared in 1/10 of patients. micoplasmal infection occurred in e ... | 2003 | 12794368 |
| recombination in mycoplasma hominis. | mycoplasma hominis has been previously described as a heterogeneous species, and in the present study intraspecies diversity of 20 m. hominis isolates from different individuals was analyzed using parts of the unlinked gyrase b (gyrb), elongation factor tu (tuf), sralpha homolog (ftsy), hitb-hitl, excinuclease abc subunit a (uvra) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gap) genes. the level of variability of these m. hominis genes was low compared with the housekeeping genes from helicoba ... | 2002 | 12798006 |
| mycoplasma disease and acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease. | acute chest syndrome (acs) is the leading cause of hospitalization, morbidity, and mortality in patients with sickle cell disease. radiographic and clinical findings in acs resemble pneumonia; however, etiologies other than infectious pathogens have been implicated, including pulmonary fat embolism (pfe) and infarction of segments of the pulmonary vasculature. the national acute chest syndrome study group was designed to identify the etiologic agents and clinical outcomes associated with this sy ... | 2003 | 12837872 |
| pneumonia due to mycoplasma hominis in a healthy adult. | a case of pneumonia due to mycoplasma hominis in a healthy adult is presented. the bacterium was diagnosed by a quantitative culture method and identification to the species level by sequence analysis of 16s rrna gene. the objective of this presentation is to bring to attention the need to search for this opportunistic pathogen. mycoplasma may be an important cause of bacterial pneumonia without microbiological diagnosis and its incidence may be underestimated. | 2003 | 12839163 |
| do microbiological factors account for poor pregnancy outcome among unmarried pregnant women in poland? | being unmarried is a well-known risk factor for poor pregnancy outcome such as preterm delivery and intrauterine growth restriction. the aim of this prospective study was to assess the prevalence and risk of bacterial vaginosis (bv) and selected bacteria isolated from the lower genital tract and to determine the socioeconomic and microbiological characteristics that might be responsible for poor pregnancy outcome observed among unmarried pregnant women. | 2003 | 12913347 |
| [clinical application research of feilinjian peroral liquid in the treatment of chlamydia and mycoplasma infectious prostatitis]. | to evaluate the validity and security of feilinjian peroral liquid in the treatment of chlamydia trachomatis (ct), mycoplasma hominis (mh) and ureaplasma urealyticum (uu) infectious prostatitis. | 2003 | 12931378 |
| seeding of a cavernous angioma with mycoplasma hominis: case report. | to describe a unique case of hematogenous seeding of a cavernous angioma with the commensal organism mycoplasma hominis. | 2003 | 12943591 |
| susceptibility of mixed infection of ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis to seven antimicrobial agents and comparison with that of ureaplasma urealyticum infection. | in order to investigate the susceptibility of mixed infection of ureaplasma urealyticum (uu) and mycoplasma hominis (mh) to 7 kinds of antimicrobial agents and comparison with that of uu infection in ngu patients, the in vitro susceptibility was determined by using microdilution method. the positive results were analyzed. the results showed that the sequence of susceptibility to 7 kinds of antimicrobial agents for both uu infection group and uu-mh mixed infection group was almost the same from t ... | 2003 | 12973952 |
| bacteremia with mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum in patients undergoing hysterectomy. | in the study presented here, the aim was to investigate the frequency and clinical significance of bacteremia with urogenital mycoplasmas in immunocompetent patients following gynecological surgery. among 56 patients undergoing elective hysterectomy (mean age, 55 years; range, 32-82 years), mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum were detected in urine by pcr in 2 and 11 patients, respectively. pre- and postoperative blood samples of the colonized patients were investigated for the coloniz ... | 2003 | 13680393 |
| [isolation of microorganisms of the peripneumonia group belonging to the mycoplasma (asterococcus) hominis species in tchad]. | | 1960 | 13842316 |
| morphology of pleuropneumonia-like organisms and bacterial l forms grown in liquid media. | weibull, c. (central bacteriological laboratory of stockholm city, stockholm, sweden) and britt-marie lundin. morphology of pleuropneumonia-like organisms and bacterial l forms grown in liquid media. j. bacteriol. 85:440-445. 1963.-cells of mycoplasma hominis, m. laidlawii, and two tissue-culture strains of pleuropneumonia-like organisms (pplo) moving freely in liquid medium were photographed with an electronic flash as the light source. the photomicrographs thus obtained demonstrated that, in y ... | 1963 | 13999517 |
| serological relationships among human mycoplasmas as shown by complement-fixation and gel diffusion. | taylor-robinson, david (national institutes of health, bethesda, md.), norman l. somerson, horace c. turner, and robert m. chanock. serological relationships among human mycoplasmas as shown by complement-fixation and gel diffusion. j. bacteriol. 85:1261-1273. 1963.-antigenic relationships among human mycoplasmas were studied by complement-fixation and agar gel diffusion techniques. four recognized human species mycoplasma hominis type 1, m. hominis type 2, m. salivarium, and m. fermentans were ... | 1963 | 14047216 |
| respiratory pathways in the mycoplasma. ii. pathway of electron transport during oxidation of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide by mycoplasma hominis. | vandemark, p. j. (university of south dakota, vermillion), and p. f. smith. respiratory pathways in the mycoplasma. ii. pathway of electron transport during oxidation of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide by mycoplasma hominis. j. bacteriol. 88:122-129. 1964.-unlike the flavin-terminated respiratory pathway of the fermentative mycoplasma, the respiratory chain of the nonfermentative m. hominis strain 07 appears to be more complex, involving quinones and cytochromes in addition to flavins. ... | 1964 | 14197876 |
| evidence for a tricarboxylic acid cycle in mycoplasma hominis. | vandemark, p. j. (cornell university, ithaca, n.y.), and p. f. smith. evidence for a tricarboxylic acid cycle in mycoplasma hominis. j. bacteriol. 88:1602-1607. 1964.-resting cells of acetate-grown mycoplasma hominis strain 07 oxidized the various intermediates of the tricarboxylic and glyoxylate cycles, with the exception of sodium citrate and glyoxylate. extracts of these cells possessed isocitric dehydrogenase, isocitratase, alpha-ketoglutaric dehydrogenase, succinic dehydrogenase, fumarase, ... | 1964 | 14240945 |
| nature of butyrate oxidation by mycoplasma hominis. | vandemark, p. j. (cornell university, ithaca, n.y.), and p. f. smith. nature of butyrate oxidation by mycoplasma hominis. j. bacteriol. 89:373-377. 1965.-cell-free extracts of butyrate - grown mycoplasma hominis strain o7, though lacking thiokinase activity on butyric acid, were found to activate butyrate via an acetyl-butyric thiophorase. these extracts also contained an aceto-coenzyme a (coa) kinase, a butyryl-coa dehydrogenase, a crotonase, a reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-specific ... | 1965 | 14255703 |
| significance of antibody to mycoplasma hominis type 1 as measured by indirect hemagglutination. | | 1965 | 14277667 |
| exudative pharyngitis following experimental mycoplasma hominis: type 1 infection. | | 1965 | 14301035 |
| cytopathogenic mycoplasmas associated with two human tumors. i. isolation and biological aspects. | armstrong, d. (the children's hospital of philadelphia, philadelphia, pa.), g. henle, n. l. somerson, and l. hayflick. cytopathogenic mycoplasmas associated with two human tumors. i. isolation and biological aspects. j. bacteriol. 90:418-424. 1965.-mycoplasmas were isolated from cell cultures of two benign human tumors. the first isolate contained two mycoplasmas, one a well-known human species (mycoplasma hominis type i) and frequent tissue culture contaminant, and the other a recently reported ... | 1965 | 14329455 |
| the fine structure of the mycoplasmataceae (microorganisms of the pleuropneumonia group pplo). 1. mycoplasma hominis, m. fermentans and m. salivarium. | | 1960 | 14405991 |
| dna gyrase and topoisomerase iv mutations in clinical isolates of ureaplasma spp. and mycoplasma hominis resistant to fluoroquinolones. | twelve clinical isolates of ureaplasma spp. and one isolate of mycoplasma hominis were examined for resistance to fluoroquinolones. previously described mutations at positions 83 and 95 in gyra (escherichia coli numbering) and positions 80 and 87 in parc were found. unusual alterations were described at positions parc 123 and 134. | 2003 | 14506049 |
| mycoplasma hominis infection of a subdural haematoma in the peripartum period. | | 2003 | 14555394 |
| [genital mycoplasmas]. | the mycoplasmas frequently isolated in genital tract, and potentially pathogenic, are m. hominis, u. urealyticum and m. genitalium. m. hominis and u. urealyticum are very frequent in the vaginal tract and they can be, according to circumstances, either commensal or pathogenic. m. hominis and/or u. urealyticum, have been considered as responsible for many types of genital infectious diseases (such as cervicitis, pelvis inflammatory disease), for infertility, obstetrical pathologies (premature del ... | 2003 | 14623561 |
| comparative in vitro susceptibilities and bactericidal activities of investigational fluoroquinolone abt-492 and other antimicrobial agents against human mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas. | we determined in vitro susceptibilities for abt-492 and other antimicrobials against mycoplasma pneumoniae, mycoplasma fermentans, mycoplasma hominis, and ureaplasma species. abt-492 mics were < or =1 microg/ml, and the agent was bactericidal against selected isolates of m. pneumoniae and m. hominis. abt-492 has potential for treatment of infections due to these microorganisms. | 2003 | 14638513 |
| ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis in men attending for routine semen analysis. prevalence, incidence by age and clinical settings, influence on sperm characteristics, relationship with the leukocyte count and clinical value. | to investigate the clinical value of the screening of ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis in routine semen analysis. | 2003 | 14646436 |
| folate biosynthesis pseudogenes, psifolp and psifolk, and an o-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase gene homolog in the phytoplasma genome. | phytoplasmas are wall-less phytopathogenic prokaryotes of small genome sizes that are obligate parasites of insect vectors and plant hosts. we have cloned a clover phyllody (cph) phytoplasma dna locus containing five potential coding sequences. two were identified as pseudogenes (psifolp and psifolk) homologous to folp and folk genes, which encode dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) and 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (hppk), respectively, in other bacteria. evolution of the phyt ... | 2003 | 14659042 |
| [prevalence and drug tolerance of mycoplasma in patients with urogenital inflammation]. | to observe the prevalence and drug tolerance of mycoplasma(ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis) in patients with urogenital inflammation. | 2003 | 14689895 |
| mycoplasma endocarditis: two case reports and a review. | we describe 2 patients with endocarditis for whom blood cultures and cardiac valve cultures were repeatedly sterile. broad-range eubacterial polymerase chain reaction (pcr) amplification performed on cardiac valve specimens from these 2 patients detected dna of mycoplasma hominis, for one patient, and of ureaplasma parvum, for the other patient. three other cases of infective endocarditis caused by mycoplasmas were identified in the literature. it is important to rule out a diagnosis of mycoplas ... | 2004 | 14727231 |
| cc chemokine concentrations increase in respiratory distress syndrome and correlate with development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. | inflammation is one of the primary processes underlying respiratory distress syndrome (rds) and its evolution into bronchopulmonary dysplasia (bpd). recruitment and subsequent activation of macrophages in the lung are mediated by cc chemokines. the role of cc chemokines has not been extensively studied in the course of rds. serial tracheal aspirates (ta) were obtained from 56 mechanically ventilated infants with birth weights less than 1,500 g during intervals in the first 21 days of life. trach ... | 2004 | 14730659 |
| oppa, the substrate-binding subunit of the oligopeptide permease, is the major ecto-atpase of mycoplasma hominis. | most atpases, involved in energy-driven processes, act in the cytoplasm. however, external membrane-bound atpases have also been described in parasites and eukaryotic cells. in mycoplasma hominis, a bacterium lacking a cell wall, the surface-exposed substrate-binding protein oppa of an oligopeptide permease (opp) contains an atp binding p-loop structure in the c-terminal region. with atp affinity chromatography and tryptic digestion in the presence or absence of atp, the functionality of the mg( ... | 2004 | 14761996 |
| prevalence and treatment of chlamydia trachomatis, ureaplasma urealyticum, and mycoplasma hominis in patients with non-gonococcal urethritis. | the aim of present study was to evaluate the occurrence of chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma hominis, and ureaplasma urealyticum in non-gonococcal urethritis (ngu) and to determine the bacterial resistance to six antibiotics in order to determine the most suitable treatment strategy. a total of 50 patients were enrolled into the study. urethral samples were taken with a dacron swab placed into urethra 2 - 3 cm in males, and vaginal samples were taken from the endocervical region in women. the pa ... | 2004 | 14985631 |
| severe mycoplasma hominis infections in two renal transplant patients. | systemic infections due to mycoplasma hominis are rare and occur mainly in immunocompromised patients. reported here are the cases of two renal transplant patients with peritonitis who did not respond to empirical antimicrobial treatment. effective treatment with doxycycline was administered only after definitive identification of mycoplasma hominis was achieved. for this identification, the new genetic amplification-sequencing method was invaluable. | 2004 | 14986166 |
| synthesis, anti-mycobacterial, anti-trichomonas and anti-candida in vitro activities of 2-substituted-6,7-difluoro-3-methylquinoxaline 1,4-dioxides. | a new series of 23 6,7-difluoro-3-methyl-2-phenylthio/phenylsulfonyl/phenylsulfinyl/benzylamino/phenylamino-quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides variously substituted in the phenyl moiety, was synthesized and submitted to in vitro evaluation for anti-mycobacterial, anti-trichomonas, anti-candida, anti-mycoplasma and antibacterial activities. in anti-mycobacterial assays, several compounds resulted active (mic90 = 2.0-4.0 microg/ml) against mycobacterium tuberculosis h37rv. anti-trichomonas screening showed ... | 2004 | 14987828 |
| simultaneous detection and identification of common cell culture contaminant and pathogenic mollicutes strains by reverse line blot hybridization. | we have developed a reverse line blot (rlb) hybridization assay to detect and identify the commonest mollicutes causing cell line contamination (mycoplasma arginini, mycoplasma fermentans, mycoplasma hyorhinis, mycoplasma orale, and acholeplasma laidlawii) and human infection (mycoplasma pneumoniae, mycoplasma hominis, mycoplasma genitalium, ureaplasma parvum, and ureaplasma urealyticum). we developed a nested pcr assay with "universal" primers targeting the mollicute 16s-23s rrna intergenic spa ... | 2004 | 15006769 |
| cervical immunoglobulin a and altered vaginal flora in pregnant women with threatened preterm delivery. | the aim of our study was to investigate the cervical immunoglobulin a concentration in women with threatened preterm delivery. immunoglobulin a concentration in the cervical mucus of 80 women with symptoms of preterm delivery was measured using radial immunodiffusion. the results were compared with those of 60 healthy pregnant women. concentrations of immunoglobulins in maternal serum were also measured. there was no significant difference of cervical immunoglobulin a (iga) concentration between ... | 2004 | 15008384 |
| susceptibility testing of singapore strains of mycoplasma hominis to tetracycline, gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, and azithromycin by the etest method. | the minimal inhibitory concentrations of tetracycline, gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin and azithromycin for 28 singapore clinical mycoplasma hominis strains were studied using the etest method. different incubation conditions did not affect susceptibility categories, except for tetracycline intermediate-susceptibility strains. tetracycline-susceptibility was only 35.7%. all strains were susceptible to the fluoroquinolones and clindamycin but resistant to azithromycin. | 2004 | 15023431 |
| [male urogenital tract mycoplasma infection and drug-resistance evolution]. | to investigate the male urogenital tract mycoplasma infection and drug-resistance evolution in 2001 and 2003. | 2004 | 15027187 |
| possible role of bacterial and viral infections in miscarriages. | to determine the role of infections in miscarriages. chorionic villi from aborted material were subjected to cytogenetic evaluation and analyzed for the presence of chlamydia trachomatis, ureaplasma urealyticum, mycoplasma hominis, human cytomegalovirus (hcmv), adeno-associated virus (aav), and human papillomaviruses (hpv). | 2004 | 15037417 |
| [relationship between the endocervical mycoplasma infection and spontaneous abortion due to early embryonic death]. | to study the relationship between endocervical mycoplasma infection and the spontaneous abortion due to the early embryonic death and the drug sensitivity to mycoplasma. | 2004 | 15059581 |
| comparison of multiplex pcr assay with culture for detection of genital mycoplasmas. | ureaplasma, spp. mycoplasma genitalium, and mycoplasma hominis are associated with infection of the genitourinary tract, reproductive failure, and neonatal morbidity and mortality. we have developed a multiplex pcr for the detection of these mycoplasmatales in a single amplification reaction. the analytical sensitivities of this assay were 10.8, 10.8, and 8.8 cfu for each organism, respectively. this multiplex pcr was compared to culture on 26 cervical swabs, 2 vaginal swabs, 4 female urine spec ... | 2004 | 15070999 |
| experimental mycoplasma hominis infection of the genital tract in balb/c mice. | we studied the ability of laboratory and clinical strains of mycoplasma hominis to colonize the genital tract mucosa in balb/c mice. colonization with mycoplasma occurred only in mice receiving estrogen. mycoplasma hominis strains obtained after 3-fold passage through the vaginal mucosa in mice and administered intravaginally in a dose of 0.5 x 10(8) cfu/ml caused infection in 100% animals. inflammation in the lower genital tract was reduced by the 8th week after infection. | 2004 | 15085246 |
| [prevalence of asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections among high-risk patients attending a free anonymous hiv-screening center]. | the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among patients attending an anonymous hiv screening center. | 2004 | 15107742 |
| [studies on the infection status of seven species mycoplasma, three species of chlamydia, neisseria gonorrhoeae and garderella vaginalis in 76 patients with sexual transmitted diseases]. | to study the infectious status of seven species of mycoplasma, three species of chlamydia, neisseria gonorrhoeae and garderella vaginalis in the 76 male sexual transmitted disease (std) patients in yangzhou city. | 2004 | 15132870 |
| spreading factors of mycoplasma alligatoris, a flesh-eating mycoplasma. | mycoplasma alligatoris causes lethal invasive disease of alligators and caimans. a homolog of the nagh gene, encoding a hyaluronidase secreted by clostridium perfringens, and a c. perfringens hyaluronidase nagi or nagk pseudogene were discovered in the m. alligatoris genome. the nagh gene was detected by pcr in the closest relative of m. alligatoris, mycoplasma crocodyli, but not in 40 other species representing the mycoplasma hominis, mycoplasma pneumoniae, and spiroplasma phylogenetic clusters ... | 2004 | 15175306 |
| [immunobiological properties of monoclonal antibodies to mycoplasma hominis antigens]. | approaches to obtaining stable mouse hybridomas synthesizing monoclonal antibodies (mcab) to m. hominis key antigens were developed. 4 clones capable of the stable synthesis of mcab of different igg classes were obtained. clones a3/2 and a5/d produced antibodies to the thermostable determinant to with a mol. wt. of 80-120 kd, sensitive to sodium periodate and resistant to potassium proteinase. clone h9/b2 synthesized mcab which interacted with potassium proteinase-sensitive m. hominis thermolabi ... | 2004 | 15188558 |
| mycoplasma hominis infection after liver transplantation in a child. | | 2004 | 15239634 |
| viral and bacterial pathogens at the maternal-fetal interface. | we studied the incidence of pathogenic bacteria and concurrent infections with human cytomegalovirus (cmv) and herpes simplex virus (hsv) type 1 and 2 in biopsy samples from the placenta and decidua of women with healthy pregnancies. by polymerase chain reaction analysis, we found that 38% of placental samples were positive for selected bacteria and viruses. cmv, hsv-1, and hsv-2 were detected in isolation or with bacteria in first- and second-trimester samples. certain bacteria were detected mo ... | 2004 | 15272412 |
| cytokine expression pattern in the genital tract of chlamydia trachomatis positive infertile women - implication for t-cell responses. | human genital infection caused by chlamydia trachomatis is thought to be immunologically mediated, resulting in local recruitment of lymphocyte subsets and inducing the production of cytokines. little information is available about the role of lymphocyte recruitment and the regulation of cytokine production in the genital tract of c. trachomatis positive infertile women. we have evaluated the recruitment of lymphocyte subsets in the genital tract and production of th1/th2 cytokines in cervical s ... | 2004 | 15320905 |
| association of trichomonas vaginalis with sociodemographic factors and other stds among female inmates in lisbon. | a study on stds was conducted among 211 female inmates in a prison in lisbon, portugal, in order to establish possible associations between trichomonas vaginalis infection, sociodemographic factors and other stds. t. vaginalis was found in 31.2% of the women, from whom only 65.1% presented symptoms. it was more frequently isolated in the 20-40 year age group. on univariate analysis there was an association, although not statistically significant, between the existence of t. vaginalis, multiple s ... | 2004 | 15339370 |
| mycoplasma hominis in mid-trimester amniotic fluid: relation to pregnancy outcome. | the relationship between detection of mycoplasma hominis in mid-trimester amniotic fluid and subsequent pregnancy outcome was investigated. | 2004 | 15346817 |
| development of real-time pcr for detection of mycoplasma hominis. | mycoplasma hominis is associated with pelvic inflammatory disease, bacterial vaginosis, post partum fever, sepsis and infections of the central nervous system often leading to serious conditions. association with development of female infertility has also been suggested, but different publications present different results. we developed a sensitive and fast diagnostic real-time pcr to test clinical samples from women undergoing laparoscopic examination before fertility treatment. to develop a te ... | 2004 | 15350196 |
| detection of mycoplasma genitalium, mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma parvum (biovar 1) and ureaplasma urealyticum (biovar 2) in patients with non-gonococcal urethritis using polymerase chain reaction-microtiter plate hybridization. | to use polymerase chain reaction (pcr)-microtiter plate hybridization assays to detect mycoplasma genitalium, mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma parvum (biovar 1) and ureaplasma urealyticum (biovar 2) in first-voided urine specimens from patients with non-gonococcal urethritis (ngu). | 2004 | 15379939 |
| the vaa locus of mycoplasma hominis contains a divergent genetic islet encoding a putative membrane protein. | the mycoplasma hominis vaa gene encodes a highly variable, surface antigen involved in the adhesion to host cells. we have analysed the structure of the vaa locus to elucidate the genetic basis for variation of vaa. | 2004 | 15385054 |
| detection of mutant mycoplasma hominis strains resistant to 16-membered macrolide antibiotic josamycin in clinical samples. | the incidence of point mutations responsible for josamycin resistance was studied by pcr in 48 strains of m. hominis isolated from patients with bacterial vaginosis. mutant m. hominis strains were detected in 48% cases. | 2004 | 15455124 |
| high prevalence of genital mycoplasmas among sexually active young adults with urethritis or cervicitis symptoms in la crosse, wisconsin. | sexually active young adults in the small college town of la crosse, wisconsin, were evaluated for conventional sexually transmitted pathogens and tested for infections with mycoplasmas. the prevalence in 65 symptomatic men or women and 137 healthy volunteers (67 men and 70 women) was compared. urine specimens from both cohorts were tested by ligase chain reaction for chlamydia trachomatis or neisseria gonorrhoeae. in addition, the urethral or cervical swabs from the symptomatic subjects were te ... | 2004 | 15472322 |
| spondylitis and arthritis due to mycoplasma hominis: the case for awareness in undefined pleuropneumonia. | | 2004 | 15486853 |
| mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum in midtrimester amniotic fluid: association with amniotic fluid cytokine levels and pregnancy outcome. | the association between the detection of mycoplasma hominis or ureaplasma urealyticum in midtrimester amniotic fluid and amniotic fluid cytokine concentrations and subsequent pregnancy outcome were examined. | 2004 | 15507969 |
| bacterial vaginosis and lower genital tract infections in women attending out-patient clinics at a tertiary institution serving a developing community. | the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and other lower genital tract infections were determined in women from a developing community. patients were recruited from four out-patient clinics of a large urban tertiary referral hospital serving the indigent black population of kwazulu/natal, south africa. a total of 208 women attending the sexually transmitted diseases (std) (n = 51), colposcopy (n =50), family planning (n = 52) and antenatal (n = 55) clinics were investigated. endocervical and vagina ... | 1997 | 15511815 |
| [comparison of polymerase chain reaction assay and mycoplasma ist 2 test with culture for detection of infections caused by ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis]. | the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) technique and commercial mycoplasma ist 2 test were compared with culture for the detection of u. urealyticum and m. hominis in 173 clinical samples obtained from patients without clinical symptoms from genito-urinary tract. the presence of u. urealyticum was diagnosed by culture in 24 samples, by pcr in 33 samples and by mycoplasma ist 2 test in 39 samples. the presence of m. hominis was diagnosed in 26 samples only by mycoplasma ist 2 test--culture and pcr w ... | 2004 | 15524401 |
| [hpv, chlamydia trachomatis and genital mycoplasmas infections in women with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (lsil)]. | the purpose of the study was to determine the correlation between chlamydia trachomatis, urogenital mycoplasmas and low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (lsil) in women with and without human papilloma virus (hpv) infection. | 2004 | 15524422 |
| [association between genital mycoplasmas and risk of preterm delivery]. | the main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of maternal colonisation by genital mycoplasmas during pregnancy and to assess its association with preterm delivery. the cervical swabs of 179 pregnant women between 8 and 16 week of gestation were cultured for mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum. clinical details and perinatal outcomes were documented. of a total of 179 women enrolled, 68 (38.0%) had positive cervical culture for genital mycoplasmas; 30 (16.7%) for m. hominis ... | 2003 | 15537264 |
| [systemic lupus erythematous infected with mycoplasma--120 cases analysis ]. | | 2004 | 15555374 |
| antimycoplasmal activity of hydroxytyrosol. | the aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro antimycoplasmal activity of hydroxytyrosol. twenty strains of mycoplasma hominis, three strains of mycoplasma fermentans, and one strain of mycoplasma pneumoniae were used. for m. pneumoniae, m. hominis, and m. fermentans, the mics were 0.5, 0.03 (for 90% of the strains tested), and 0.25 microg/ml, respectively. | 2004 | 15561875 |