Immunologic reactivity of (C57BL/6 × A/Sn)F1 mice in mixed Mycoplasma-virus infection

Mixed infection of hybrid mice, highly resistant to Rauscher virus, with this virus andMycoplasma arthritidis was accompanied by progressive inhibition of populations of splenic rosetteforming (REC) and plaque-forming (PFC) cells and led to induction of malignant erythroblastosis, cytologically identical with Rauscher's leukemia. During mixed infection of the hybrid mice withAcholeplasma laidlawii and Rauscher virus the immune response was almost completely suppressed on the 21st day and considerable splenomegaly was observed, but by the 62nd day of infection the RFC and PFC populations and also the weight of the spleens had regained the control level. The possible role of mycoplasmas in the induction and development of Rauscher's leukemia is discussed.N. F. Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. (Presented by Academician O. V. Baroyan.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 88, No. 9, pp. 327–329, September, 1979.     

柑桔黄龙病的直接荧光诊断法

试验证明,直接荧光诊断法是诊断柑桔黄龙病的一种快速、简便、准确的方法。 将健叶和黄龙病叶叶柄用保险刀片徒手切片,在透射式荧光显微镜下检查,可看到健叶叶柄的木质部导管细胞壁发黄色荧光,韧皮纤维细胞发绿色荧光,而病叶叶柄韧皮部中有1～多个鲜明的黄色或黄绿色荧光团块。这种特异性的荧光,在健叶柄韧皮部中是没有的,其它由病毒、类病毒、细菌、真菌等病原引起的病叶柄韧皮部中亦没有此种特异性荧光。     

探针ASPCR检测肺炎支原体 微量耐药突变A2063G方法的建立

[摘要]　目的　 建立能够特异性检测微量肺炎支原体（Mycoplasma pneumoniae, MP）A2063G耐药突变基因的特异性扩增等位基因的探针法实时定量PCR（probe-based allele-specific real-time PCR, 探针ASPCR）方法。方法?建立特异性检测A2063G耐药突变位点的探针ASPCR方法,并验证其灵敏度、特异度及准确度等性能。结果?特异性扩增2063G和非特异性扩增2063A/G的引物/探针组合分别扩增105拷贝野生基因型（2063A）模板的Ct值的差(△Ct)高达10.93,能够特异性检测A2063G突变。探针ASPCR方法检测2063G基因型占总MP的比例的准确度可低至1％;检测MP的灵敏度低至10拷贝,检测A2063G耐药突变比例的灵敏度低至0.01％。探针ASPCR方法与前期建立的染料ASPCR方法检测临床样本的MP感染结果一致,MP阳性检出率均为94.83%（55/58）,高于传统巣式PCR联合测序方法的检测结果（75.86%,44/58）;探针ASPCR和染料ASPCR 2种方法检测MP耐药率分别为63.64%（35/55）、70.91%（39/55）,高于传统巣式PCR联合测序方法检测结果59.09%（26/44）。结论?新建探针ASPCR方法是一种具有高特异度、准确度和灵敏度的快速检测MP微量A2063G耐药突变的方法;与染料ASPCR方法相比,探针ASPCR方法检测耐药MP的灵敏度略低,但其临床样本检测复查率也低于染料ASPCR方法,且其结果判读简单,更适合在临床中应用推广,能够为临床制定MP及耐药MP感染的治疗方案提供理论依据。     

Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in serum specimens from patients with mycoplasma pneumonia by PCR

There are few data on detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from blood, serum or plasma, and systematic studies on this diagnostic approach in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are scarce. Compared to testing respiratory specimens, this approach has the advantages that it is less dependent on proper specimen collection, serum is easily stored and handled, and the pathogen is detected in a primary sterile site, where colonization can be ruled out. In this study, acute-phase serum specimens from 29 patients of Vienna University Hospital (treated between 11/1994 and 6/2004; female: 14, male: 15; median age: 31 years, range: 15-66 years) with CAP and serologically verified M. pneumoniae infection, who had not received anti-mycoplasma therapy prior to serum collection, were tested for M. pneumoniae by conventional PCR and real-time PCR. Conventional PCR yielded negative results for all specimens, but real-time PCR detected M. pneumoniae in 15/29 patient sera (52%). These findings indicate that M. pneumoniae is present in the bloodstream of a substantial proportion of patients with mycoplasma pneumonia. Despite the possible adherence of M. pneumoniae to human erythrocytes, the pathogen can be detected from serum, if a method with enhanced sensitivity is applied. However, the negative predictive value of PCR from serum with regard to etiological diagnosis is low. With regard to the potential clinical benefit of blood-based PCR diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia the diagnostic accuracy of this approach using either serum or whole-blood specimens should be addressed by large-scale studies.     

肺炎患儿肺炎支原体感染的实验室检测

目的：探讨肺炎患儿肺炎支原体（ＭＰ）感染的实验室检测方法。方法：使用聚合酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）技术检测６７６例肺炎患儿ＭＰ的感染,其中１３９例同时采用支原体培养进行检测;１１２例做间接血凝试验（ＩＨＡ）。结果：ＰＣＲ法对ＭＰ感染的检出率明显高于培养法（Ｐ〈０．０１）,双份血清ＩＨＡ的检测率和ＰＣＲ法比较无显著性差异（Ｐ〉０．０５）,单份血清ＩＨＡ的检出率明显低于ＰＣＲ法（Ｐ〈０．０１）。结论：ＰＣＲ法     

妇科门诊患者生殖道支原体感染及耐药性分析

目的:了解妇科门诊患者生殖道支原体感染状况及支原体的耐药性。方法:采用法国BioMerieux 公司的Mycoplasma IST试剂盒,对妇科门诊患者的生殖道分泌物标本进行支原体培养和耐药性检测。结果:受检者中解脲脲原体( Uu)阳性率为60% ,人型支原体( Mh) 阳性率为26 % ;6 种抗生素的药敏试验显示,Uu 和Mh 对红霉素完全耐药,对氧氟沙星耐药在60% 以上,对交沙霉素和普那霉素最为敏感。结论:妇科门诊患者中存在较大比例的支原体感染和携带,且对常用抗生素已产生一定的耐药性,这种状况应引起临床医生的注意     

Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated nephritis in children

 Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is a rare cause of acute nephritis. Six children (2 girls) aged 5–10 years, admitted for nephritis, had serological tests showing recent Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. The diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was based on the presence of serum IgM, detected either by immunofluorescence (IF) (n=1) or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (n=5). Four children had a renal biospy, with analysis of parenchymal Mycoplasma pneumoniae components by indirect IF and polymerase chain reaction. Extrarenal symptoms were: respiratory (n=3), ear, nose, and throat (n=2), gastrointestinal (n=3), hepatic (n=1), neurological (n=1), articular (n=1), and hematological (n=3). The patients presented with acute nephritis (1 had a nephrotic syndrome) or with acute renal failure and proteinuria. Pathological findings included type 1 membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN, n=1), proliferative endocapillary glomerulonephritis (n=2), and minimal change disease (n=1). The patient with type 1 MPGN progressed rapidly towards end-stage renal failure because of a congenital solitary kidney. Among the patients with endocapillary glomerulonephritis, 1 relapsed 6 months later and remained proteinuric, while the other recovered, as did the child with minimal change disease. The search for Mycoplasma pneumoniae antigens and nucleic acids in renal tissue was negative. However, the absence of the microorganism in the kidney is a common feature of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. We conclude that Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a rare yet potential cause of acute glomerulonephritis. Received: 13 September 1996 / Revised: 16 June 1998 / Accepted: 18 June 1998     

泌尿生殖道支原体临床分离株对7种抗菌药物的耐药性研究

目的 比较7种抗生索对泌尿生殖道支原体临床分离株的抗菌作用，指导临床用药。方法 采用直接肉汤药盘法测定了临床标本中146株解脲脲原体(Uu)和92株人型支原体(Mh)对7种抗菌药物的耐药性。结果 146株Uu对四环索、多西环索、米诺环素、罗红霉索、阿齐霉索、交沙霉索、氧氟沙星的耐药率分别为34．2％、24．7％、28．1％、8．9％、4．8％、11．0％、和28．8％。92株Mh对四环索、多西环索、米诺环索、罗红霉索、阿齐霉索、交沙霉索、氧氟沙星的耐药率分别为55．5％、25．0％、45．7％、97．8％、100％、8．7％、和16．3％。耐四环索的Uu和Mh株对多西环索、米诺环索、交沙霉索以及氧氟沙星存在交叉耐药性。850例Uu和Mh混合感染者对交沙霉索的耐药率最低(8．1％)。结论 泌尿生殖道支原体的耐药性监测对指导临床治疗具有重要意义。     

基因转殖酵母菌培养液中生物素的高灵敏ELISA竞争测定法

目的　发展一种测定基因转殖酵母菌培养液中生物素的灵敏ELISA竞争测定法。方法　酶标板先用猪肺炎支原体包被 ,再依次用兔抗猪肺炎支原体抗血浆、羊抗兔IgG -生物素温育形成固态生物素 ,同溶液中的生物素 (标准液或试样 )竞争有限量的链霉亲和素 HRP。建立了在 5 0 - 2 0 0 0ng·L- 1 范围内生物素的标准曲线。结果　检测限为 83ng·L- 1 ,比文献报告的ELISA测生物素的最低测定浓度小 10 0 0倍。测定生物素浓度为 2 0 0、5 0 0、10 0 0ng·L- 1 的用空白培养液稀释的标准生物素试样的相对标准偏差分别是 2 4 87%、6 15 %、7 86 % ,平均回收率为 10 1 13%。在用本法测定野生酵母菌及其 6 3个基因转殖酵母菌培养液中的生物素时 ,发现 85 %以上的培养液试样中生物素浓度均得到不同程度扩增。结论　用猪肺炎支原体作包被蛋白 ,提高了ELISA结果的精确度和准确度 ,可供测定其它介质中生物素的参考     

DNA analysis for phospholipase A2 coding sequences of Mycoplasma hominis isolated from women with a normal pregnancy and women with a pregnancy complicated by preterm labour

A possible cause of preterm labour is an increased synthesis of prostaglandins by a phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity. PLA2 activity has been detected in Mycoplasma hominis. The aim of this study was to test whether chromosomal DNA of M. hominis contains sequences coding for PLA2. M. hominis was cultured in specimens from 5 women with normal pregnancy and 4 in preterm labour. Using sequence alignment, primer pairs for the active part of PLA2 of different species were designed for PCR analysis. No sequences coding for PLA2 could be amplified. Whatever its role in preterm labour, M. hominis is not involved in causing an increase of prostaglandin synthesis. Received: 21 September 1997 / Accepted: 17 January 1998