Mycoplasmal Infections

Question 1

Mycoplasma

Answer 1

Lack rigid cell wall
M. pneumoniae
M. hominis- Postpartum fever
Ureaplasma urealyticum- urethritis, chorioamnionitis, postpartum fever

Question 2

M. pneumoniae

Answer 2

Acute, self-limited LRT infections, affecting mostly children and young adults
Can also cause pharyngitis and otitis media
Transmission: aerosols
Initiates infection by attaching to glycolipid on the surface of the respiratory epithelium.
Patchy consolidation of a single segment of a lower lung lobe. Interstitial process
**Stevens-Johnson Syndrome- complication