Genetic variability of the P120' surface protein gene of Mycoplasma hominis isolates recovered from Tunisian patients with uro-genital and infertility disorders

Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi, H Ayari, Awatef Béjaoui-Khiari, Béhija Mlik, Imed Moalla, F. Amouna

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2007 · 15 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

By analysing a larger sample of M. hominis recovered from patients with urogenital infections, we show here that the P120' protein undergoes substantial level of genetic variability at its surface exposed region.

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