Background: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the causes of upper and lower respiratory tract infections especially in children, and antibiotics affecting the cell wall do not affect this type of infection. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and macrolide resistance in children with community-acquired pneumonia in Kerman city. Methods: This cross-sectional study...

We read with great interest the article by LIEBERMAN et al. [1] published in this journal last December regarding community-acquired pneumonia in the Beer-Sheva area of Israel. We were especially interested in their results regarding Mycoplasma infections. They found the peak incidence of pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma to be during spring, but not in the winter months (p=0.054). Furthermore, th...

Firmino F.P., Aquino L.C., Marçola T.G., Bittencourt M.V., McManus C.M. & Paludo G.R. 2016. Frequency and hematological alterations of different hemoplasma infections with retrovirusis co-infections in domestic cats from Brazil. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 36(8):731-736. Laboratório de Patologia Clínica, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Univers...

We examined the blood of 94 North American Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients using forensic polymerase chain reaction and found that a subset (10.6%) of CFS patients show evidence of Brucella spp. infections compared to one of 70 control subjects (Odds Ratio = 8.2, Confidence Limits 1-66, P<0.01). Rural patients showed a higher incidence of Brucella spp. infections over urban patients (OR...

BACKGROUND Mycoplasma hominis is a fastidious micro-organism causing systemic infections in the neonate and genital infections in the adult. It can also be the cause of serious extra-genital infections, mainly in immunosuppressed or predisposed subjects. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of severe pneumonia and pericarditis due to Mycoplasma hominis in a previously healthy adolescent who d...

background: mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum microorganisms may play a role in infertility. the aim of this study is to determine prevalence of mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum microorganisms in infertile women and their husbands. methods: in this cross-sectional study presence of mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum were examined in infertile couples who have...

This manuscript reviewed the literature on infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae with emphasis on etiological aspects of childhood community-acquired pneumonias. Bibliographical research was carried out from Pubmed Medline, MDConsult, HighWire, LILACS, and direct research over the past 10 years with the following keywords: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, pneumonia, and childhood. Fifty-four articles were s...