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What are the characteristics of the culture of Mycoplasma?
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- fastidious
- tiny colony (1mm) --> hardly observable - fried egg appearance |
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unique feature of Mycoplasma
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lack of cell wall
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what are the three common bacteria in mycoplasma
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mycoplasma hominis
mycoplasma pneumoniae ureaplasma urealyticum |
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what diseases do M. hominis and U. urealyticum cause?
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genitourinary diseases (common)
neonatal respiratory diseases |
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how do mycoplasma pneumoniae transmitted?
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respiratory droplets
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incubation period of mycoplasmal pneumonia
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3 weeks (long)
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the major group infected with mycoplasmal pneumonia
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children and young adults
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Dx of mycoplasmal pneumonia
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1. CXR
2. cold agglutinins (IgM 1-2 weeks after infection) 3. serology 4. PCR culture not useful (not stained by Gram and slow growth) |
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Tx for mycoplasmal pneumonia
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macrolides
tetracyclines |
