Detection and evaluation of different morphological forms of Mycoplasma hominis in human semen.

Recently discovered microcolonial forms of Mycoplasma hominis ( M. hominis ) and their impact on human spermatogenesis are studied. The spermatozoa of 125 fertile men (sperm donors; from Reprobank [Reproductive Tissue Bank, Moscow, Russia]) and of 93 patients with fertility problems (from the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Research Centre for Medical Genetics [RCMG]", Moscow, Russia) were used.

Mechanisms of Long-Term Persistence of Mycoplasmas in Children with Asthma.

Improving the management of children with asthma associated with mycoplasma infection is important. Aim: To study the duration of the persistence of antigens, and DNA in a free state, in the structures of circulating immune complexes (CICs) and living cells of and in children with asthma. In total, 205 children with asthma from 1 to 14 years were observed.

Microcolonies: a novel morphological form of pathogenic spp.

The class unites cell wall lacking bacteria many of which are membrane parasites and opportunistic bacteria.. This study describes a novel morphological form found in the five species belonging to the bacterial class Mollicutes, and referred to as microcolonies (MCs).