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Mycoplasmae
Microbiology 1 - Mycoplasmae
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mollicutes | Class of bacteria that Mycoplasmae belongs to |
| Mycoplasmae | Cell wall less bacteria |
| Mycoplasma Pneumoniae | Eaton's agent; primary atypical pneumonia |
| Mycoplasma Pneumoniae transmitted via | close contact |
| Mycoplasma Pneomoniae | Walking Pneumonia |
| Walking Pneumonia | transmitted via air |
| Myocoplasma Pneumonia | Tracheobronchitis, Pharyngitis, ear infection |
| Mycoplasma Pneumoniae diagnosis | cold agglutinins (indentification of antibodies) forming of clumps at low temperatures |
| Trypanosomiasis | Disease that also causes cold agglutinins |
| African Sleeping Disease | Trypanosomiasis |
| Treatment for all Mycoplasma diseases | No penicillin, Adults: Tetracycline; Children: Erythromycin |
| Mycoplasmae Hominis | non gonococcal urethritis |
| Urethritis | Inflammation of urethra |
| Inflammation of urethra | PID - Pelvic Inflammatoric Disease |
| Causes PID | Chalmydae Trachomitis |
| Ureaplasma Urealyticum | T strain (for tiny); requires 10% urea in media to grow |
| Mycoplasma Genitalium | in genitals & respiratory tract, most thoroughly studied, has smallest genome |
| Mycoplasmae Pneumoniae | usually mild pneumonia |
| Mycoplasma Pneumoniae | low mortality rate 0.1% |
| Mycoplasma Hominis | Causes many cases of Urethritis |
| Mycoplasma Hominis | linked to PID |
| Mycoplasma Hominis | may cause spontaneous abortion, premature birth, low birthrate, ectopic pregnancy |
| Ureaplasma Urealyticum | top 10 STD 25 years ago |
| Ureaplasma Urealyticum | present as mixed infection in STD patients |
| Ureaplasma Urealyticum | causes infertility, fetal death, recurrent miscarriages, premature birth, low birth weight; leading cause of neonatal death, pyelonephritis (kidney disease) |
| Ureaplasma Urealyticum | little cell wall |