| colonization with genital mycoplasmas in women. | factors relating to colonization by mycoplasma hominis and t-mycoplasms were studied in 757 women. urethral and vaginal cultures were obtained from each participant. mycoplasmal colonization was more prevelent among black women studied at boston city hospital (compared with private office) and among women using oral contraceptives. colonization with m. hominis was also associated with examination early in the menstrual cycle. colonization with both organisms was more prevalent among women wh ... | 1973 | 4697645 |
| infectious disease survey of lesser prairie chickens in north texas. | lesser prairie chicken (tympanuchus pallidicinctus) abundance, like that of most grassland birds, has declined rangewide for decades. although habitat loss and degradation are likely ultimate causes for this decline, infectious agents, particularly microparasites, could be proximate contributors. no surveys of pathogenic bacteria or viruses have been published for this species. we surveyed 24 free-living lesser prairie chickens from hemphill county, texas (usa), for evidence of exposure to salmo ... | 2002 | 12528454 |
| prevalence of mycoplasma bacteria in amniotic fluid at the time of genetic amniocentesis using the polymerase chain reaction. | to use the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) to detect the presence of bacteria and mycoplasma in amniotic fluid at the time of genetic amniocentesis and to assess their relationship to amniotic fluid interleukin-6 (il-6) concentration and preterm delivery. | 2003 | 14619644 |
| suppurative polyarthritis in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) from cape cod, massachusetts: detection of mycoplasma dna. | striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) from cape cod, massachusetts, u.s.a. were necropsied (n=34; 1995-1997) or clinically evaluated (n=25, 2002-2003) to characterize a lameness and polyarthritis, reported by wildlife veterinarians and rehabilitators, and unsuccessfully treated with antibiotics. overall, 22 affected skunks had one or multiple swollen joints, swollen paws, and subcutaneous abscesses. purulent exudate was located in joint spaces, in periarticular connective tissue between muscle fasc ... | 2007 | 17939347 |
| infectious chlamydia pneumoniae is associated with elevated interleukin-8 and airway neutrophilia in children with refractory asthma. | neutrophilic asthma is thought to be less responsive than eosinophilic asthma to anti-inflammatory therapies including corticosteroids. chlamydia pneumoniae has been implicated in asthma, possibly by induction of interleukin (il-8). we hypothesized that il-8 is increased in the bronchoalveolar lavage (bal) fluid from children with asthma and c. pneumoniae. | 2010 | 21155094 |
| birth weight and genital mycoplasmas in pregnancy. | | 1971 | 5539184 |
| mycoplasma, chlamydia, epstein-barr, herpes i and ii, and aids infections among 100 consecutive infertile female patients and husbands: diagnosis, treatment, and results. | one hundred consecutive infertile patients were studied to determine the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (stds) among middle and upper income patients, most of whom were referred as longstanding failures by other physicians. there were no cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, or aids found among these patients. one patient was pregnant when first seen, and was eliminated. genital mycoplasmas were cultured from 64 wives. antibodies for past or recent infection with chlamydia were present in on ... | 1986 | 2898437 |
| relation of mycoplasma pneumoniae seroreactivity, immunosuppression, and chronic disease to legionnaires' disease. a twelve-month prospective study of sporadic cases in massachusetts. | from april 1977 through march 1978, 28 presumptive cases of legionnaires' disease were identified among 432 consecutive candidates having paired sera or tissue samples submitted to the massachusetts public health laboratories. among the subgroup of 209 candidates with documented diffuse pneumonia and temperature of 39 degrees c or above, 24 (11.5%) had legionnaires' disease whereas the diagnostic yield was only four of 223 (1.8%) among the remainder. the case-fatality rate was two of 28 (7%). pa ... | 1979 | 434645 |