Mycoplasma penetrans bacteremia and primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Authors
Yanez, A Cedillo, L Neyrolles, O Alonso, E Prevost, MC Rojas, J Watson, HL Blanchard, A Cassell, GH
Citation
A. Yanez et al., Mycoplasma penetrans bacteremia and primary antiphospholipid syndrome, EM INFECT D, 5(1), 1999, pp. 164-167
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
164 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(199901/02)5:1<164:MPBAPA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Mycoplasma penetrans, a rare bacterium so far only found in HIV-infected pe rsons, was isolated in the blood and throat of a non-HIV-infected patient w ith primary antiphospholipid syndrome (whose etiology and pathogenesis are unknown).