Mycoplasma fermentans and HIV-associated nephropathy.
We describe a patient in whom HIV-associated nephropathy developed in association with the detection of Mycoplasma fermentans. This mycoplasma was found in renal tissue by means of a polymerase chain reaction when nephropathy was first evident, and subsequently in urine, blood and the throat. The evidence presented strengthens the causal association of this micro-organism with HIV-induced nephropathy.
Ainsworth
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MRC Sexually Transmitted Disease Research Group, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Paddington, London, U.K.
Katseni
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Hourshid
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Waldron
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Ball
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Cattell
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Taylor-Robinson
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D016263:AIDS-Associated Nephropathy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016858:Mycoplasma fermentans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology