Mycoplasma as a cause of canine urinary tract infection
Jang, S.S.; Ling, G.V.; Yamamoto, R.; Wolf, A.M.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 185(1): 45-47
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 6746370 Document Number: 232577
Mycoplasmas were isolated from 60 specimens of urine obtained by cystocentesis from 41 dogs (23 males and 18 females) with urinary tract infection. Mycoplasmas were isolated in pure culture from 41 (68%) of the specimens, and were isolated in conjunction with one or more bacterial species from 19 (32%) specimens. Clinical signs of urinary tract infection were noted in 20 of 31 dogs in which mycoplasmas were isolated in pure culture, and numbers of leukocytes in the urine sediment were above the reported normal range in 22 of 25 urine specimens from those 20 dogs. Of the 29 isolates identified, 24 were Mycoplasma canis, 4 were M. spumans, and one was M. cynos.