A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Species associated with infection - M. buccale, M. faucium, M. fermentans, M. genitalium, M. hominis, M. lipophilum, M. orale, M. penetrans, M. pirum, M. pneumoniae, M. primatum, M. salivarium, M. spermatophilum
Associated infections - respiratory infection, post-partum fever, pyelonephritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, myocarditis, pericarditis, meningitis
Reported susceptibilities and therapies - tetracycline, macrolides, fluoroquinolones
Notes - may be resistant to macrolides - M pnemoniae infection may be complicated by haemolytic anaemia, intravacular coagulation, Stevens-Johnson syndrome or erythema multiforme
Reference - Taylor-Robinson D, Bebear C. (1997). Antibiotic susceptibilities of mycoplasmas and treatment of mycoplasmal infections. J. antimicrob. Chemother. 40, 622-630.
