Document 0844
 DOCN  M9550844
 TI    Detection of Mycoplasma fermentans DNA from lymph nodes of acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome patients.
 DT    9505
 AU    Sasaki Y; Honda M; Naitou M; Sasaki T; Department of Safety Research on
       Biologics, National Institute of; Health, Japan.
 SO    Microb Pathog. 1994 Aug;17(2):131-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95165996
 AB    Biopsy samples from seven patients with acquired immunodeficiency
       syndrome were screened for Mycoplasma fermentans, M. pneumoniae and M.
       genitalium infection by the polymerase chain reaction. M. fermentans DNA
       was detected in four patients. Various tissues were evaluated and the
       mycoplasma were mainly detected from lymph nodes. Moreover, mycoplasma
       genus-specific DNA was isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells
       of asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)-infected individuals
       (two of 31 HIV-infected individuals). These data suggest that mycoplasma
       infection in AIDS patients is not uncommon.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*MICROBIOLOGY  DNA,
       Bacterial/*ANALYSIS  Human  Leukocytes, Mononuclear/MICROBIOLOGY  Lymph
       Nodes/*MICROBIOLOGY  Mycoplasma/ISOLATION & PURIF  Mycoplasma
       fermentans/*ISOLATION & PURIF  Mycoplasma pneumoniae/ISOLATION & PURIF
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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