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THE ISOLATION OF MYCOPLASMA PRIMATUM DURING AN AUTOPSY STUDY OF THE MYCOPLASMA FLORA OF THE HUMAN URINARY TRACT
Author(s) -
Thomsen A. C.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1974.tb00232.x
Subject(s) - mycoplasma hominis , mycoplasma , isolation (microbiology) , urinary system , urethra , autopsy , microbiology and biotechnology , simian , biology , flora (microbiology) , mycoplasmataceae , bacteria , pathology , mollicutes , virology , medicine , anatomy , virus , genetics
The mycoplasmal flora of the urinary tract of 19 men and 21 women was investigated at autopsy. Mycoplasmas were isolated from the urethra of 9 bodies. One of the isolates was identified biochemically and serologically as M. primatum. This is the second isolation from man of this simian mycoplasma species. Three of the remaining isolates from the urethra were identified as M. hominis , one as M. fermentans and four as U. urealyticum. U. urealyticum was isolated twice from the bladder urine. In one case, a strain of U. urealyticum was isolated from the cortex of a kidney with histologically demonstrable non‐specific inflammation.