FIG. 2.

Course of “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum” (A to F and H), M. haemofelis (F to G), and “Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis” (H and I) infections. The loads are presented as log DNA copy number per milliliter of blood (left y axis); the PCV is given as a percentage (right y axis). (A) Cat 71; (B) cat 06; (C) cat 78; (D) cat 86; (E) cat 51; (F) cat 880; (G) cat 15; (H) cat 98; (I) cat 946. Periods of antibiotic treatment are indicated by gray areas; treatments are listed in Table 7. The time point of blood transfusion for cat 86 is indicated by an arrow (D). The lower detection limit of the PCR assays (100 copies/ml blood) is indicated by a fine dotted line.