Sulfoglycolipids are ubiquitous components of the male germ cell membrane. Sulfogalactoglycerolipid (SGG) is restricted to mammalian cells and has recently been implicated in sperm/egg interactions. Mycoplasma infections have been implicated in infertility in a variety of species, including humans. Four such species-specific mycoplasmas, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis (humans), M...

Tetracycline Resistance in Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma hominis: Prevalence in 1 Bordeaux, France, from 1999 to 2002 and Description of Two tet(M)-positive Isolates of 2 M. hominis Susceptible to Tetracyclines. 3 S. Dégrange, H. Renaudin, A. Charron, C. Bébéar, and C. M. Bébéar*. 4 5 Laboratoire de Bactériologie EA 3671, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 and CHU de 6 Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo ...

This study was carried out to elucidate by serological examination the etiological significance of mycoplasmas isolated from the upper urinary tract of patients with pyelonephritis. The occurrence of antibodies in patients with acute pyelonephritis, chronic pyelonephritis with or without exacerbation, or noninfectious urinary tract disease was compared by the indirect hemagglutination method. A...

We read with great interest the data reported by Castilla and Wadowsky about the elimination of a Mycoplasma hominis-like mycoplasma from the TW-183 strain of Chlamydia pneumoniae and its lack of effect on chlamydial infection of HEp-2 cells (1). We recently described detection of Mycoplasma fermentans, M. hominis, and M. hyorhinis in several strains of C. trachomatis and C. pneumoniae, the suc...

BACKGROUND Infection of urogenital system with Mycoplasma potentially affect reproductive system and increases infants mortalities. Therefore, detection of these organisms is an important issue that should be considered and appropriate diagnostic methods should be used to identify these microorganisms. In the female reproductive system, infection can affect different parts of the cervix, endome...