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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 07 1995, 1851-1855, Vol 33, No. 7
JG Tully, DL Rose, JB Baseman, SF Dallo, AL Lazzell and CP Davis
A mycoplasma cultured from synovial fluid specimens from a patient with
pneumonia and subsequent polyarthritis was identified initially as
Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In retrospective studies, the culture was shown also
to contain Mycoplasma genitalium. In this paper, the laboratory techniques
employed in the identification and separation of the two species are
presented, and evidence to implicate postinfectious autoimmunity is
provided. An increasing number of reports of M. genitalium in human tissue
sites and difficulties in isolation and identification of the organism in
the clinical laboratory suggest the need for more extensive application of
rapid and specific detection systems for both M. genitalium and M.
pneumoniae in the clinical laboratory.
Copyright © 1995 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium mixture in synovial fluid isolate
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Maryland 21702, USA.
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