Mycoplasma infection

Mycoplasma is the smallest microorganism that survives extracellularly. Is a type of prokaryotic cell-type microorganisms lacking cell walls, generally between 0.3-0.5um in size, showing a high degree of polymorphism, there are spherical, rod-shaped, filamentous, branched and other forms. It is different from cells and viruses. There are many types, widely distributed, and the harm caused is quite large, involving many fields such as humans, animals, plants and insects, which bring adverse effects on human health and scientific research. Of the 16 types of mycoplasma isolated from the human body, 5 are pathogenic to humans, that is, M. pneumoniae, Ureaplasma urealyticum, M. homins, and M. genitalium ) And M. fermentans. The ureaplasma genus (ureaplasma) contains mycoplasma urealyticum and the like, mycoplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis are pathogenic to humans. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the main cause of respiratory infections and pneumonia. Ureaplasma urealyticum and human mycoplasma cause urogenital infections.

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