Frequent contamination of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae strains with mycoplasma. Biological relevance and selective eradication of mycoplasma from chlamydial cultures with mupirocin

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-26

  Krauße Opatz, Birgit ^a   Dollmann, Petra ^a   Zeidler, Henning ^a   Kuipers, Jens G ^a   Köhler, Lars ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Coinfection; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYCOPLASMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS;

EID: 0033795434     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008253     Document Type: Article

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