Detection and confirmation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in urogenital specimens by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 277-280

  Sharma, S ^a,c   Brousseau, R ^b   Kasatiya, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Ottawa Public Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031963868     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.277-280.1998     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Baseman, J. B., S. F. Dallo, J. G. Tully, and D. L. Rose. 1988. Isolation and characterization of Mycoplasma genitalium strains from the human respiratory tract. J. Clin. Microbiol. 26:2266-2269.
2. Brunner, M., B. Prescott, H. Greenberg, W. D. James, R. L. Horswood, and R. M. Channock. 1977. Unexpectedly high frequency of antibody to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in human sera as measured by sensitive techniques. J. Infect. Dis.135:524-530.
3. Cadieux, N., P. Lebel, and R. Brousseau. 1993. Use of a triplex polymerasc chain reaction for the detection and differentiation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium in the presence of human DNA. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139:2431-2437.
4. Chewley, J. P. 1989. The polymerase chain reaction. A review of the practical limitations for human immunodeficiency virus diagonosis. J. Virol. Methods 25:179-188.
5. Csǔtortoki, V., and L. Stipkovits. 1977. Nachweis von Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infektionen in weiblichen Geschlechtsorganen. Zentralbl. Gynäkol. 99:877-879.
6. Dallo, S. F., A. Chavoya, C. J. Su, and J. B. Baseman. 1989. DNA and protein sequence homologies between the adhesins of Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Infect. Immun. 57:1059-1065.
7. Deguchi, T., C. B. Gilroy, and D. Taylor-Robinson. 1995. Comparison of two PCR-based assays for detecting Mycoplasma genitalium in clinical specimens. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 14:629-631.
8. Dular, R., M. Lambert, B. W. Bruce, P. M. Phipps, E. Rossier, and S. Kasatiya. 1987. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in a rural setting in Canada. Can. Med. Assoc. J. 136:1271-1273.
9. Fleischhauer, P., U. Huben, and M. Mertens. 1972. Nachweis von Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Liquor bei akutes polineuritis. Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. 97:678-682.
10. Goulet, M., R. Dular, J. G. Tully, G. Billows, and S. Kasatiya. 1995. Isolation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from the human genital tract. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:2823-2825.
11. Horn, M. A., C. Wolff, P. Dressel, A. Zimmermann, and G. Ruckdeschel. 1996. Polymerase chain reaction versus culture for detection of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in the urogenital tract of adults and the respiratory tract of newborns. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15:595-598.
12. Lind, K., B. Ø. Lindhardt, H. J. Schütten, J. Blom, and C. Christiansen. 1984. Serological cross-reactions between Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. J. Clin. Microbiol. 20:1036-1043.
13. Meseguer, M. A., L. De Rafael, and M. L. Vidal. 1986. Stevens-Johnson's syndrome with isolation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from skin lesions. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. 5:167-168.
14. Morrison-Plummer, J., D. H. Jones, K. Daly, J. G. Tully, D. Taylor-Robinson, and J. B. Baseman. 1987. Molecular characterization of Mycoplasma genitalium species-specific and cross reactive determinants: identification of an immunodominam protein of M. genitalium. Isr. J. Med. Sci. 23:453-457.
15. Razin, S., and J. G. Tully. 1983. Methods in mycoplasmology, vol. 1. Mycoplasma characterization. Academic Press, New York, N.Y.
16. Shepard, M. C. 1983. Culture media for ureaplasmas. Methods Mycoplasmol. 1:137-146.
17. Sillis, M. 1990. The limitations of IgM assays in the serological diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. J. Med. Microbiol. 33:253-258.
18. Skakni, L., A. Sordet, J. Just, J. L. Parker, J. Costil, N. Moniot-ville, F. Baricout, and A. G. Chenon. 1992. Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in clinical samples from pediatric patients by polymerase chain reaction. J. Clin. Microbiol. 30:2638-2643.
19. Thomas, M., M. Jones, S. Ray, and B. Andrews. 1979. Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a tubo-ovarian abcess. Lancet ii:774-775.
20. Tully, J. G., D. L. Rose, R. F. Whitcomb, and R. P. Wenzel. 1979. Enhanced isolation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from throat washings with a newly modified culture medium. J. Infect. Dis. 139:478-482.
21. Tully, J. G., D. L. Rose, J. B. Baseman, S. F. Dallo, A. L. Lazzell, and C. P. Davis. 1995. Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium mixture in synovial fluid isolate. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:1851-1855.
22. Tully, J. G., R. F. Whitcomb, H. F. Clark, and D. L. Williamson. 1977. Pathogenic mycoplasmas: cultivation and vertebrate pathogenicity of a new spiroplasma. Science 195:892-894.
23. Velleca, W. M., B. R. Bird, and F. T. Forrester. 1980. Laboratory diagnosis of mycoplasma infections. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga.
24. Wu, D. Y., L. Ugozzoli, B. K. Pal, J. Qian, and R. B. Wallace. 1991. The effect of temperature and oligonucleotide primer length on the specificity and efficiency of amplification by the polymerase chain reaction. DNA Cell Biol. 10:233-238.