Mycoplasmas: Brain invaders?

Mycoplasmas of humans and animals are usually associated with respiratory, autoimmune, genital and joint diseases. Human mycoplasmas have also been known to affect the brain. Severe central nervous system (CNS) diseases, such as encephalitis, have been linked toMycoplasma pneumoniaeand ureaplasma infections. Less well known is the sheep and goat pathogen,Mycoplasma agalactiae, which has been found in large quantities in the brain where it may be responsible for non-purulent encephalitis as well as ataxia in young animals. Experimental intra-mammary infections of sheep with this mycoplasma have resulted in histopathological changes in the CNS. The cattle pathogen,M. bovis, has been reported occasionally in the brains of calves and adult cattle showing a range of histopathological lesions including abscesses and fibrinous meningitis. Two avian pathogens,M. gallisepticumandM. synoviaehave been isolated from the brains of poultry showing meningeal vasculitis and encephalitis. There have been no reported detections of two other avian pathogens,M. meleagridisorM. iowaein the CNS. Over the last few decades, mycoplasmas have been isolated from the brains of sea mammals dying in large numbers in the North Sea although it was concluded that their role may be secondary to underlying viral disease. Finally, evidence has been advanced that certainSpiroplasmaspecies may have a role in the development of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). Invasion of the brain by mycoplasmas may be as a result of direct entry following damage to the inner ear as seen withM. bovisor across the blood brain barrier by mechanisms as yet uncertain..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:113

Enthalten in:

Research in veterinary science - 113(2017), Seite 56

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rubén S Rosales [VerfasserIn]
Roberto Puleio [Sonstige Person]
Guido R Loria [Sonstige Person]
Salvatore Catania [Sonstige Person]
Robin AJ Nicholas [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Abscesses
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome--AIDS
Animals
Arthritis
Ataxia
Bacteria
Blood-brain barrier
Brain
Brain diseases
Calves
Cattle
Central nervous system
Ear
Ear diseases
Encephalitis
Gram-positive bacteria
Human immunodeficiency virus--HIV
Immune system
Infections
Inner ear
Joint diseases
Lesions
Meningitis
Pathogens
Pneumonia
Respiratory diseases
Sheep
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
Vasculitis

doi:

10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.09.006

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OLC1997551640