THE PREVALENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF PPLO AND L FORMS

Abstract

Mycoplasmas appear to be carried by normal healthy adults. M. salivarium and M. pharyngis are species commonly carried. M. hominis and M. pneumoniae have beeen found only in individuals with respiratory tract infections. Genitourinary tract infection can be caused by mycoplasmas; in male patients it is expressed as nongonococcal urethritis, in female patients as infertility and reproductive wastage. No association can be found between the species of mycoplasmas carried in the nasopharynx of patients with asthma, malignancy, rheumatoid arthritis. Mycoplasmas can form viable aerosols of droplet nuclei with a particle size having a significant potential in airborne infection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680297

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People

  • Ruth B. Kundsin

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacteria
  • Bacterial Infections
  • Bacteriology
  • Cellular Structures
  • Health Services
  • Infection
  • Medical Personnel
  • Membranes
  • Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Particle Size
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Radiation
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases

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  • Medicine

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  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
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