Open AccessAttempts to produce gynaecological disease in grivet monkeys with Ureaplasma urealyticum
Author(s) -
Birger R. Møller,
F. T. Black,
E. A. Freundt
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-14-4-475
Subject(s) - ureaplasma urealyticum , medicine , mycoplasmataceae , disease , mollicutes , gynecology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , mycoplasma
Attempts were made to infect grivet monkeys with Ureaplasma urealyticum, including strains freshly isolated from patients with infection of the genito-urinary tact, laboratory reference strains and simian strains. The organisms were inoculated directly into the uterine tubes exposed at laparotomy, or through the cervical canal into the uterine cavity before endometrial curettage; but only colonisation, of up to 5 months' duration, was achieved, without evidence of inflammation in the genital tract or elsewhere, and without an antibody response.