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. 1999 Jan-Feb;5(1):164–167. doi: 10.3201/eid0501.990122

Mycoplasma penetrans bacteremia and primary antiphospholipid syndrome.

A Yáñez 1, L Cedillo 1, O Neyrolles 1, E Alonso 1, M C Prévost 1, J Rojas 1, H L Watson 1, A Blanchard 1, G H Cassell 1
PMCID: PMC2627698  PMID: 10081687

Abstract

Mycoplasma penetrans, a rare bacterium so far only found in HIV-infected persons, was isolated in the blood and throat of a non-HIV-infected patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (whose etiology and pathogenesis are unknown).

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