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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
is a very small
bacterium
in the class
Mollicutes
. It is a human pathogen that causes the disease
mycoplasma pneumonia
, a form of
atypical
bacterial
pneumonia
related to
cold agglutinin disease
.
M. pneumoniae
is characterized by the absence of a
peptidoglycan cell wall
and resulting resistance to many
antibacterial agents
. The persistence of
M. pneumoniae
infections even after treatment is associated with its ability to mimic
host cell
surface composition.
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