List of references

Pathogenicity of Mycoplasma / Interaction with host cells

Reviews:

Chaudhry, R., Varshney, A. K., and Malhotra, P. 2007. Adhesion proteins of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Front. Biosci. 12: 690-699.

Hammerschlag, M. R. 2001. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. 14: 181-186.

Jacobs, E. 1997. Mycoplasma infections of the human respiratory tract. Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 109: 574-577.

Lind, K. 1983. Manifestations and complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease: a review. Yale J. Biol. Med. 56: 461-468.

Razin, S., Yogev, D., and Naot, Y. 1998. Molecular biology and pathogenicity of mycoplasmas. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 62: 1094-1156.

Waites, K. B., and Talkington, D. F. 2004. Mycoplasma pneumoniae and its role as a human pathogen. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 17:697-728.

 

Original work:

Almagor, M., Kahane, I., and Yatziv, S. 1984. Role of superoxide anion in host cell injury induced by Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. A study in normal and trisomy 21 cells. J. Clin. Invest. 73: 842-847.

Brennan, P. C., and Feinstein, R. N. 1969. Relationship of hydrogen peroxide production by Mycoplasma pulmonis to virulence for catalase-deficient mice. J. Bacteriol. 98: 1036-1040.

Christie, L. J., Honarmand, S., Talkington, D. F., et al. 2007. Pediatric enzephalitis: what is the role of Mycoplasma pneumoniae? Pediatrics 120: 305-313.

Cohen, G., and Somerson, N. L. 1969. Glucose-dependent secretion and destruction of hydrogen peroxide by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. J. Bacteriol. 98: 547-551.

Cole, B. C., Ward, J. R., and Martin, C. H. 1968. Hemolysin and peroxide activity of Mycoplasma species. J. Bacteriol. 95: 2022-2030.

Kannan, T. R., and Baseman, J. B. 2000. Hemolytic and hemoxidative activities in Mycoplasma penetrans. Infect. Immun. 68: 6419-6422.

Kannan, T. R., and Baseman, J. B. 2006. ADP-ribosylating and vacuolating cytotoxin of Mycoplasma pneumoniae represents unique virulence determinant among bacterial pathogens. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103: 6724-6729.

Pilo, P., Vilei, E. M., Peterhans, E., et al. 2005. A metabolic enzyme as a primary virulence factor of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony. J. Bacteriol. 187: 6824-6831.

Schalock, P. C., Dinulos, J. G., Pace, N., et al. 2006. Erythrema multiforme due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in two children. Pediatr. Dermatol. 23: 546-555.

Somerson, N. L., Walls, B. E., Chanock, R. M. 1965. Hemolysin of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: tentative identification as a peroxide. Science 150:226-228.

Vilei, E. M., Abdo, E. M., Nicolet, J., et al. 2000. Genomic and antigenic differences between the European and African/Australian clusters of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC. Microbiology 146: 477-486.

Vilei, E. M., and Frey, J. 2001. Genetic and biochemical characterization of glycerol uptake in Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC: its impact on H2O2 production and virulence. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 8: 85-92.

Waldo, R. H. III., Jordan, J. L., and Krause, D. C. 2005. Identification and complementation of a mutation associated with loss of Mycoplasma pneumoniae virulence-specific proteins B and C. J. Bacteriol. 187: 747-751.

 

Chaudhry, R., Nisar, N., Hora, B., et al. 2005. Expression and immunological characterization of carboxy terminal region of P1 adhesin protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42: 321-325.

Dumke, R., Catrein, I., Pirkl, E., et al. 2003. Subtyping of Mycoplasma peumoniae isolates based on extended genome sequencing and on expression profiles. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 292: 513-525.

Dumke, R., Catrein, I., Herrmann, R., and Jacobs, E. 2004. Preference, adaptation and survival of Mycoplasma pneumoniae subtypes in an animal model. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 294: 149-155.

Dhandayuthapani, S., Rasmussen, W. G., and Baseman, J. B. 1999. Disruption of gene mg218 of Mycoplasma genitalium through homologous recombination leads to an adherence deficient phenotype. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 5227-5232.

Hu, P. C., Cole, R. M., Huabg, Y. S., et al. 1982. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: role of a surface protein in the attachment organelle. Science 216: 313-315.

Rosengarten, R., Kirchhoff, H., Kerlen, G., and Seack, K. H. 1988. The surface layer of Mycoplasma mobile 163 K and its possible relevance to cell cohesion and group motility. J. Gen. Microbiol. 134: 175-181.