Strain of mycoplasma associated with human reproductive failure.
A strain of mycoplasma not previously described has been isolated from the chorion, decidua, and amnion of a patient who sustained a spontaneous abortion during the middle trimester. The fetal membranes exhibited an inflammatory reaction, but no evidence of other infectious agents, bacterial or viral, was noted. The T strain identified is not a classical mycoplasma; it differs in growth and nutritional requirements from the T strains previously characterized.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000650:Amnion / Q000382:microbiology; D003656:Decidua / Q000382:microbiology; D005321:Extraembryonic Membranes / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D011001:Pleuropneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy