UNUSUAL PLEUROPNEUMONIA-LIKE ORGANISMS ISOLATED IN A STUDY OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS FROM CASES OF CHRONIC URETHRITIS

Abstract
A study was made of the bacterial flora of the male urethra, principally from patients in whom Trichomonas vaginalis was demonstrated. PPLO and trichomonads were not associated in these patients with any statistical significance. The strains of PPLO isolated from this group of patients were unusual in that they were isolated only on blood agar medium. The strains could be adapted to growth on supplemented PPLO agar.