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Antigen-Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Specific Detection of <em>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</em>

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a cell wall-deficient prokaryote, mainly known to colonize the human respiratory tract and to be endemic, with epidemic peaks ...

Pasteur Institute of Tunis

The etiology of prostate cancer (PCa) is multiple and complex. Among the causes recently cited are chronic infections engendered by microorganisms that often go unnoticed. A typical illustration of such a case is infection due to mollicutes bacteria. Generally known by their lurking nature, urogenital mollicutes are the most incriminated in PCa. This study was thus carried out in an attempt to establish the presence of these mollicutes by PCR in biopsies of confirmed PCa patients and to evaluate their prevalence.

Elhem Yacoub

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