Mycoplasma genitalium rapidly disseminates to the upper reproductive tracts and knees of female mice following vaginal inoculation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 726-736

  McGowin, Chris L ^a,b   Spagnuolo, Rae Ann ^a   Pyles, Richard B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; ESTRADIOL; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MGPA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN DNAK; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE E1ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROSALPINX; INOCULATION; KNEE; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MICE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OVIDUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STIFLE; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 76749169893     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00840-09     Document Type: Article

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