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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Tenericutes > Mycoplasmatales > Mycoplasmataceae > Mycoplasma > Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Preferred term

Mycoplasma pneumoniae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Eaton Agent

Note

  • do not confuse with MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA, the dis; infection = PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA

Scope note

  • Short filamentous organism of the genus Mycoplasma, which binds firmly to the cells of the respiratory epithelium. It is one of the etiologic agents of non-viral primary atypical pneumonia in man.

History note

  • 80; EATON AGENT was see MYCOPLASMA 1967-91

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009177

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