title: [The significance of the presence of "Mycoplasma pharyngis" and "Mycoplasma salivarium" in patients with chronic respiratory disease (author's transl)].
abstract: The significance of the presence of Mycoplasma pharyingis and Mycoplasma salivarium in patients with chronic respiratory disease has been evaluated by studying of specific antibody and aerobial bacterial flora. The isolation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae was unsuccessfull in 173 cases with chronic respiratory disease. Among them 76 were carriers of Mycoplasma pharyngis and Mycoplasma salivarium. Pathogen and opportunist aerobial bacteria were isolated as frequently in the cases under study as in the control group, where mycoplasma cultures were negative. Complement fixation and indirect hemagglutination tests for detection of specific antibodies were carried on 45 of the cases under study (19 Mycoplasma pharyngis and 26 Mycoplasma salivarium carriers). In the carriers of Mycoplasma pharyngis the frequency of complement fixing antibody antibodies was higher (36.8%) than in the others (19%). Neverthless, it seems unacceptable an etiological correlation between Mycoplasma pharyngis and chronic respiratory disease.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Ricerche su significato di "Mycoplasma pharyngis" e di "Mycoplasma salivarium" presenti in soggetti con affezioni croniche dell'apparato respiratorio.