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===Overview===
===Overview===
*Usually host-specific
*Usually host-specific
*Limited survival in the environment
*Limited survival in the environment
===Characteristics===
===Characteristics===
*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===
*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===
*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
===Other mycoplasmas===
===Other mycoplasmas===