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Distribution of mycoplasma species among patient disease groups
| Patient group | No. of samples positive for mycoplasma/no. studied (%)
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| M. fermentans | M. pneumoniae | M. salivarium | |
| RA | 23/25 (92) | 19/24 (79) | 1/24 (4) |
| OA | 0/10 (0) | 8/10 (80) | 2/10 (20) |
| IA | 6/7 (87) | 6/6 (100) | 0/6 (0) |
| Control, young traumatic | 0/4 (0) | 0/4 (0) | 0/4 (0) |
| Traumatic OA | 0/9 (0) | 0/9 (0) | 5/9 (56) |
| Traumatic biopsy | 0/4 (0) | 2/4 (50) | 0/4 (0) |
