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Hemadsorption by colonies of Ureaplasma urealyticum
1Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Infection and Immunity
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
Hemadsorption by colonies of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae differed quantitatively and qualitatively. Using standard methodology, few strains of U. urealyticum hemadsorbed; with a modified method, most strains hemadsorbed, indicating a second type of association. Scanning electron microscopy of tannin-osmium-stained preparations showed guinea pig erythrocytes embedded in ureaplasma colonies and craters left when erythrocytes were dislodged.