Localization of Mycoplasma pulmonis in cartilage.
Transmission electron microscopy of articular cartilage in Mycoplasma pulmonis-infected neonatal rats revealed the presence of mycoplasmas within the matrix and lacunae. The mycoplasmas appeared to have a tropism for the chondrocytes and induced lysis of both the chondrocytes and matrix of the cartilage.
D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains