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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Detection and susceptibility testing of Mycoplasma amphoriforme isolates from patients with respiratory tract infections
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Volume 16, No. 7, Year 2010
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Description
Three isolates of Mycoplasma amphoriforme, a new Mycoplasma species rarely described to date, were obtained from respiratory tract specimens from two children and one adult with respiratory tract infections. Molecular methods were required to distinguish them from Mycoplasma pneumoniae. MICs of macrolides, tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones were identical to those for M. pneumoniae, except for that of ciprofloxacin, which was slightly more potent against M. amphoriforme. M. amphoriforme could possibly have been involved in one case of severe respiratory infection with sepsis, but further studies are needed to specify its role as a potential respiratory tract pathogen. © 2009 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2009 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pereyre, Sabine
France, Bordeaux
Infections Humaines à Mycoplasmes et à Chlamydiae
Renaudin, H.
France, Bordeaux
Infections Humaines à Mycoplasmes et à Chlamydiae
Touati, Arabella
Tunisia, Tunis
Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse
Charron, A.
France, Bordeaux
Infections Humaines à Mycoplasmes et à Chlamydiae
Peuchant, Olivia
France, Bordeaux
Infections Humaines à Mycoplasmes et à Chlamydiae
Hassen, A. Bon
Tunisia, Tunis
Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse
Bébéar, Cécile Marie
France, Bordeaux
Infections Humaines à Mycoplasmes et à Chlamydiae
Bébéar, Christiane M.
France, Bordeaux
Infections Humaines à Mycoplasmes et à Chlamydiae
Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02993.x
ISSN:
1198743X
e-ISSN:
14690691
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health