Mycoplasma hominis
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- Mycoplasma hominis is normally a commensal of humans.
- Wikipedia Mycoplasma hominis Mycoplasma hominis is a strain of bacteria present in the vagina that is thought to be a cause of pelvic inflammatory disease.
- Background Mycoplasma hominis is associated with pelvic inflammatory disease, bacterial vaginosis, post partum fever, sepsis and infections of the central nervous system often leading to serious conditions.
- Donnica: Mycoplasma hominis is one of the many organisms that may cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women.
- The variable adherence-associated (Vaa) adhesin of the opportunistic human pathogen Mycoplasma hominis is a surface-exposed, membrane-associated protein involved in the attachment of the bacterium to host cells.
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