Tools for detection of Mycoplasma amphoriforme: A primary respiratory pathogen?

• Main Authors: Clare L. Ling, Katarina Oravcova, Thomas F. Beattie, Dean D. Creer, Paul Dilworth, Naomi L. Fulton, Alison Hardie, Michelle Munro, Marcus Pond, Kate Templeton, David Webster, Sarita Workman, Timothy D. McHugh, Stephen H. Gillespie
• Other Authors: UCL
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/34852
• Institution: Mahidol University

Mycoplasma amphoriforme is a recently described organism isolated from the respiratory tracts of patients with immunodeficiency and evidence of chronic infection. Novel assays for the molecular detection of the organism by real-time quantitative PCRs (qPCRs) targeting the uracil DNA glycosylase gene...