Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium mixture in synovial fluid isolate.

摘要: A mycoplasma cultured from synovial fluid specimens a patient with pneumonia and subsequent polyarthritis was identified initially as Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In retrospective studies, the culture shown also to contain genitalium. this paper, laboratory techniques employed in identification separation of two species are presented, evidence implicate postinfectious autoimmunity is provided. An increasing number reports M. genitalium human tissue sites difficulties isolation organism clinical suggest need for more extensive application rapid specific detection systems both pneumoniae laboratory.