Mycoplasma hominis: An under recognized pathogen

Is Mycoplasma hominis a vaginal pathogen?

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of Mycoplasma hominis as a vaginal pathogen. DESIGN Prospective study comprising detailed history, clinical examination, sexually transmitted infection (STI) and bacterial vaginosis screen, vaginal swabs for mycoplasmas and other organisms, follow up of bacterial vaginosis patients, and analysis of results using SPSS package. SETTING Genitourinary medicine cli...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae as an Under- Recognized Agent of Vasculitic Disorders

Mycoplasma pneumoniae, commonly known as a major causative agent of primary atypical pneumonia, also causes various kinds of extrapulmonary manifestations involving almost all the organs of the human body. The author has classified the extrapulmonary manifestations due to M. pneumoniae infection into three categories: the first is a direct type in which locally induced cytokines play a role, th...

Characteristics of Mycoplasma Hominis

Mycoplasma hominis in pregnancy.

One hundred and seventyone antenatal patients were examined for the presence of ;large colony' mycoplasmas in the vagina, and for complement-fixing antibody to Mycoplasma hominis. In 25 patients the findings before and after delivery were compared. In patients from whom M. hominis was grown, antibody was twice as common after delivery, and the development of antibody was sometimes associated wi...

Mycoplasma hominis septicaemia.

Mycoplasma hominis septicaemia occurred in a patient with a malignant lymphoma of lymphoblastic type in leukaemic phase. M hominis was isolated several times from blood cultures with antibody titres against the micro-organism rising to a high level despite severe immunosuppression. M hominis was detected in the blood after subculture of the blood culture bottles despite their macroscopically no...