BACKGROUND Mycoplasma hyorhinis infection has been postulated to play a role in the development of several types of cancer, but the direct evidence and mechanism remained to be determined. METHODS Immunohistochemistry assay and nested polymerase-chain reaction (PCR) were performed to examine the mycoplasma hyorhinis infection in gastric cancer tissues. Statistical analysis was used to check t...

Abstract Background Patients with sterile pyuria may be infected sexually transmitted diseases or have renal tuberculosis. This study investigated the possibility of detecting and Mycobacterial tuberculosis in samples polymerase chain reaction. Methods Forty-four day-3 negative urine culture were for presence Results Among 44 samples, 61.4% positive by reaction (PCR) bacterial DNA (either Mycob...

The study evaluated possible transmission of Mycoplasma bovis from sand bedding to naive dairy calves. Screening of a closed herd showed 99% probability that the herd was free of mycoplasma in calves. Neonatal calves (n = 12) from the herd were blocked by weight and height and randomly assigned as controls (n = 6) bedded with quarry sand, or exposed (n = 6) bedded with M. bovis-positive bedding...

background: chlamydia trachomatis (c. trachomatis) and mycoplasma genitalium (m. genitalium) are considered factors in cervical and ovarian cancer and are associated with flaky cell carcinoma of the cervix. the role of steady infection, leading to chronic inflammation, in the of ovarian cancer has received very little consideration, although a background of pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) is ...

Haemobartonella felis has been reclassified within the genus Mycoplasma as Mycoplasma haemofelis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum', collectively referred to as the feline haemoplasmas. A total of 78 cats from the Johannesburg area that had blood samples submitted to a private veterinary laboratory were tested using a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay able to detect and dist...

The study draws attention to the possibility of falsely positive and negative results obtained by commercial test for detection of Mycoplasma hominis in clinical samples. Material/Methods: 5,715 samples were compared using the Mycoplasma IST 2 kit (BioMerieux) with conventional culture on PPLO (pleuropneumonia like organism) media. The discordant results were verified by PCR method using primer...

Following the isolation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from urogenital specimens (M. Goulet, R. Dular, J. G. Tully, G. Billows, and S. Kasatiya, J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:2823-2825, 1995), a study was undertaken to confirm the observations by PCR. Specific primers directed to the P1 adhesin gene of M. pneumoniae were used. A total of 300 genital specimens were tested for M. pneumoniae and Mycoplasma gen...

BACKGROUND Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae are atypical pathogens responsible for pneumonia and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low income countries. The study objective is to determine the prevalence of this pathogens in Peruvian children with acute respiratory infections. METHODS A consecutive cross-sectional study was conducted in Lima, Peru from May 2009 to Se...