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===Overview===
 
===Overview===
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*Usually host-specific
 
*Usually host-specific
 
*Limited survival in the environment
 
*Limited survival in the environment
      
===Characteristics===
 
===Characteristics===
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*Colonies have a fried egg appearance
 
*Colonies have a fried egg appearance
 
*Most are facultative anaerobes
 
*Most are facultative anaerobes
      
===Pathogenesis and pathogenicity===
 
===Pathogenesis and pathogenicity===
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*Cause damage to cilia in the respiratory tract leading to pneumonia
 
*Cause damage to cilia in the respiratory tract leading to pneumonia
 
*Molecular mimicry allows some mycoplasmas to avoid the host immune response and may initiate immune-mediated disease
 
*Molecular mimicry allows some mycoplasmas to avoid the host immune response and may initiate immune-mediated disease
      
===Diagnosis===
 
===Diagnosis===
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*Serolgy is required for specific identification including complement fixation tests, ELISA, agglutination tests and haemagglutination-inhibition tests
 
*Serolgy is required for specific identification including complement fixation tests, ELISA, agglutination tests and haemagglutination-inhibition tests
 
*Growth inhibition tests using specific antisera can be used as well as fluorescent antibody tests
 
*Growth inhibition tests using specific antisera can be used as well as fluorescent antibody tests
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===Other mycoplasmas===
 
===Other mycoplasmas===
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