Ch. 29 Mycoplasma: Curiosity and Pathogen
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mycoplasma | Smallest organism capable of growth on cell-free medium (free-living), no cell wall, aeroibic, intracellular growth in vivo, nonmotile, no capsile or slimelayer, no exotoxins, resistant to all cell wall antibiotics, slow growth |
| Which 4 species of Mycoplasma cause disease in humans? | M. pneumonia, M. hominis, M. genitalium, and Ureaplasma urealyticum |
| Which 2 antibiotics can be used to treat Mycoplasma? | Doxycycline and erythromycin |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | Most common cause of atypical pneumonia, humans only known reservoir, bronchopneumonia rather than in lungs, erythromycin, tetracycline, and doxycycline used to treat |
| Raynauds phenomena | Can occur in M. pneumoniae infections due to cold-agglutinin antibodies leading to necrosis of fingers and toes in sickle cell anemia patients |
| Mycoplasma hominis | Resistant to erythromycin, causes pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), can cause spontaneous abortions, transmitted sexually or vertically from mother to infant |
| Ureaplasma urealyticum | Causes urethritis, can cause spontaneous abortions, transmitted sexually or vertically from mother to infant |
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