10 - mycoplasma and ureaplasma

Question 1

mycoplasma and ureaplasma

Answer 1

smallest form of living life

- Too small to be visualised using light microscopy and they have no peptidoglycan in their cell envelopes 
- They can be grown on agar media

Question 2

○ Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer 2

§ Causes respiratory tract infections 
			§ Causes 
				□ Tracheobronchitis 
				□ Bronchiolitis 
				□ Pneumonia

Question 3

mycoplasma pneumoniae is common cause of

Answer 3

community acquired pneumonia

Question 4

mycoplasma pneumoniae symptoms

Answer 4

□ Dry cough may persist for several weeks longer

□ Called ‘walking pneumonia’ because patients don’t appear toxic

Question 5

genital mycoplasmas

Answer 5

mycoplasma hominis
mycoplasma genitalium
ureaplasma urealyticum

Question 6

mycoplasma hominis

Answer 6

§ Associated with 
				□ Pelvic inflammatory disease 
				□ Chorioamnionitis, premature labour 
				□ Other adverse pregnancy outcomes 
				□ Postpartum and post abortal fever

Question 7

mycoplasma genitalium

Answer 7

§ Also found in genital tracts of healthy, sexually active people
§ Associated with
□ Strong association with non-gonococcal urethritis in men
□ Cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease in women

Question 8

○ Ureaplasma urealyticum

Answer 8

§ Non-gonococcal urethritis in men
§ Chorioamnionitis, premature labour
§ Other adverse pregnancy outcomes
§ Post partum and post abortal fever

Question 9

genital mycoplasmas may be found in

Answer 9

○ May be found in the genital tracts of healthy people
§ Difficult to implicate them as causes of disease
○ Organisms may be carried in the genital tracts of sexually active asymptomatic people
§ Isolation in clinical specimens does not automatically implicate them as a cause of disease