Mycoplasma bovis is one of significant members of Mycoplasma group. Mycoplasma bovis was first isolated in 1961 in USA. It was discovered from a cow suffering with severe case of mastitis. Mycoplasma bovis spread due to the movement of animals to various part of world.
Mycoplasma hominis colonize the urogenital tract. It is involved in reproductive system diseases and is more frequent in females than males. It causes pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and also involved in bacterial vaginosis.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is mainly responsible for causing respiratory disease but it also causes non respiratory problems such as neurological, cardiac, hepatic problems, polyarthritis, erythema multiforme and hemolytic anemia.
Mycoplasma gallisepticum is a pathogen of avian species and it does not cause disease in humans. Even eating infected eggs don't harm humans. But don't use antibiotics treated eggs.
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a multiple antibiotics resistant gram negative bacillus isolated from water and other environmental sources. It is an opportunistic pathogen with high morbidity and high mortality rate among hospitalised patients. It mostly causes diseases in hospitalised and immunocompromised patients. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an important causing nosocomial pathogen.
