Antibiotic resistance among clinical isolates from Cuban individuals between 2013 and 2018.

Acquired resistance against the antibiotics that are active against species has been described. Diagnostics combined with antimicrobial sensitivity testing are required for therapeutic guidance. To report the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Cuban isolates and the related molecular mechanisms of resistance.

First Report of Macrophomina phaseolina Causing Charcoal Rot of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in Mexico.

Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is the third most important oilseed crop in the world. The cultivated area in Mexico is currently 52,046 ha with a production of 91,109 ton in 2018 (FAO, 2020).

Animal model of Mycoplasma fermentans respiratory infection.

Background: Mycoplasma fermentans has been associated with respiratory, genitourinary tract infections and rheumatoid diseases but its role as pathogen is controversial. The purpose of this study was to probe that Mycoplasma fermentans is able to produce respiratory tract infection and migrate to several organs on an experimental infection model in hamsters. One hundred and twenty six hamsters were divided in six groups (A-F) of 21 hamsters each.

[Diagnosis of Mycoplasma genitalium by MgPa and rRNA 16S gene amplification].

Objective: Mycoplasma genitalium has been associated with nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). Diagnosis by PCR has become the primary detection method for this organism. Thus, diagnosis by DNA amplification using the PCR technique should be utilized.

Some biological features of mollicutes.

Mycoplasmas are a bacterial group that is classified in the Mollicute class which includes Mycoplasmas, Spiroplasmas and Acholeplasmas. One hundred and seventy six species have been described in this group. Mycoplasmas are the smallest self living prokaryotes, they do not have a bacterial wall, their genomic size ranges from 577 to 2220 bpk, they are nutritional exigent so it is hard to culture them, but the development of molecular biology techniques has let us detect more mycoplasmas in different hosts.