"Mycoplasma fermentans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of the genus MYCOPLASMA, originally isolated infrequently from the lower genital tract of humans, and possessing uncertain pathogenicity. The incognitus strain of M. fermentans has been identified in necrotizing lesions of multiple organs from AIDS and non-AIDS patients dying of an acute influenza-like disease.
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D016858
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.860.580.553.553.315
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycoplasma fermentans" by people in Profiles.
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Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus strain) cells are able to fuse with T lymphocytes. Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug; 17 Suppl 1:S305-8.
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Fusion of Mycoplasma fermentans strain incognitus with T-lymphocytes. FEBS Lett. 1992 Jun 01; 303(2-3):251-4.