Mycoplasma host specificity: Fact or fiction?

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-306

  Pitcher, D G ^a   Nicholas, R A J ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell culture contamination; Host specificity; Mycoplasmas

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELLULITIS; ENERGY YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HOST CELL; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE STATUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 27844454445     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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