Intracellular <it>Mycoplasma genitalium </it>infection of human vaginal and cervical epithelial cells elicits distinct patterns of inflammatory cytokine secretion and provides a possible survival niche against macrophage-mediated killing

Intracellular <it>Mycoplasma genitalium </it>infection of human vaginal and cervical epithelial cells elicits distinct patterns of inflammatory cytokine secretion and provides a possible survival niche against macrophage-mediated killing

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Mycoplasma genitalium </it>is an emerging sexually transmitted pathogen that has been associated with significant reproductive tract inflammatory syndromes in women. In addition, the strong association between severit...

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Main Authors: Pyles Richard B, Popov Vsevolod L, McGowin Chris L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/139

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