Respiratory mycoplasmosis in pediatrician's practice

Roles of innate and adaptive immunity in respiratory mycoplasmosis.

Current evidence suggests that host defense in respiratory mycoplasmosis is dependent on both innate and humoral immunity. To further delineate the roles of innate and adaptive immunity in antimycoplasmal defenses, we intranasally infected C3H/HeSnJ-scid/scid (C3H-SCID), C3H/HeSnJ (C3H), C57BL/6J-scid/scid (C57-SCID), and C57BL/6N (C57BL) mice with Mycoplasma pulmonis and at 14 and 21 days post...

Mycoplasmosis in Ferrets

We report an outbreak of severe respiratory disease associated with a novel Mycoplasma species in ferrets. During 2009-2012, a respiratory disease characterized by nonproductive coughing affected ≈8,000 ferrets, 6-8 weeks of age, which had been imported from a breeding facility in Canada. Almost 95% became ill, but almost none died. Treatments temporarily decreased all clinical signs except cou...

Pediatricians’ perceptions of clinical practice guidelines

BACKGROUND Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are propositions for health care providers about the care of patients and are usually described as "systematically developed statements to assist practitioners' and patients' decisions about appropriate health care for specific circumstances". OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate pediatricians' perceptions of clinical practice ...

Avian mycoplasmosis in Asia.

Since 1954, avian mycoplasmosis has been considered a significant problem in chicken flocks in Japan and in other Asian countries. In Japan, Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) and M. synoviae (MS) infections were confirmed aetiologically in chicken flocks affected with respiratory disease or synovitis in 1962 and 1973, respectively. In other Asian countries, including Indonesia, the People's Republi...

Animal Mycoplasmosis in Iran