The Influence of Mycoplasma Infection an Acute Myocardial Infarction 15 Nov 2006 1:00 PM (18 years ago)
We studied haemostatic, immunologic and microelement parameters in patients with acute myocardial infarction, some infected with mycoplasma and some not. Clinical patterns of acute myocardial infarction in the mycoplasma-infected patients were also investigated. Infection with mycoplasmas and other microorganisms of the TORCH group may be risk factors for the development of acute myocardial infarction. However, mycoplasma-infected patients did not show increased levels of postinfarction complications.
Adaptation to Unfavorable Conditions of Growth: Pathogenicity of Acholeplasma Laidlawii PG8 15 Nov 2006 1:00 PM (18 years ago)
As a result of cultivation of A. laidlawii PG8 cells on the deficient medium during 480 days, the mycoplasma culture adapted in vitro to unfavorable growth conditions was obtained. The culture consisted of cells with sizes less than 0.2 micres and features of A. laidlawii PG8 ultramicroforms, nanocells. A. laidlawii PG8 culture adapted in vitro to unfavorable growth conditions shows more evident phytopathogenicity than the unadapted one. Infecting plants V. minor L. by A. laidlawii PG8 culture adapted in vitro to UGC resulted in the appearance of chloroses in 75%, necrosis --- 50%, leaves marcescence --- 50% and abnormalities of bine development in 30% of plants through 12 days, while infecting plants by A. laidlawii PG8 culture unadapted to UGC led to respective signs in 40%, 25%, 25% and 0% of samples, respectively, through 30 days. The ability of A. laidlawii PG8 to form UMF resistant to stress factors in UGC with high phytopathogenic potential seems to demand a new approach to investigate the precise mechanisms of interacting the mycoplasma with host organisms.