T-strain Mycoplasma. Selective inhibition by erythromycin in vitro.

Abstract

The selective inhibition of T-strain Mycoplasma by erythromycin in vitro provides a biochemical method of distinguishing T-strains from human genital classic Mycoplasma in the form of an erythromycin inhibition test. T-strain Mycoplasma, associated with 70 to 80% of cases of non-gonococcal urethritis in human males, have now been shown to be susceptible to an antibiotic which is effective in treatment of the disease.