| diagnosis of feline haemoplasma infection using a real-time pcr assay. | haemobartonella felis has been reclassified within the genus mycoplasma as mycoplasma haemofelis and 'candidatus mycoplasma haemominutum', collectively referred to as the feline haemoplasmas. a total of 78 cats from the johannesburg area that had blood samples submitted to a private veterinary laboratory were tested using a real-time polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay able to detect and distinguish the two feline haemoplasma (basonym haemobartonella) species. all samples had been diagnosed wi ... | 2004 | 15456166 |