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SUBMITTER: Sharma S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC124853 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sharma S S Brousseau R R Kasatiya S S
Journal of clinical microbiology 19980101 1
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 genitalium by culture and PCR. Of these, 15 were positive by culture and 17 were positive by PCR for M. pn ...[more]