Sanger V L
Am J Vet Res. 1975 Sep;36(9):1401-2.
Infraorbital sinuses of young turkeys were injected with virulent strains of Mycoplasma pulmonis and Mycoplasma gallisepticum to compare the diseases caused by the 2 agents. Mycoplasma pulmonis did not cause visible swelling from large quantities of mucous exudate in the sinuses, such as occurs with M gallisepticum, and it could not be recovered by bacteriologic culture technique after 3 weeks. However, slight exudate did accompany the M pulmonis infection. Similarities between the disease caused by M pulmonis and that caused by M gallisepticum included lymphocytic infiltration in the submucosa, swollen epithelial cells, and loss of cilia from sinus epithelial cell surfaces. This strain of M pulmonis, which is pathogenic for rats, was only mildly pathogenic for turkeys and the infection did not persist for long.
将毒力强的鸡败血支原体和肺支原体菌株注射到幼火鸡的眶下窦中，以比较这两种病原体所引发的疾病。肺支原体不会像鸡败血支原体那样，导致鼻窦因大量黏液渗出而出现可见的肿胀，并且在3周后无法通过细菌培养技术检测到。然而，肺支原体感染确实伴有轻微渗出物。肺支原体引发的疾病与鸡败血支原体引发的疾病的相似之处包括黏膜下层的淋巴细胞浸润、上皮细胞肿胀以及鼻窦上皮细胞表面纤毛脱落。这种对大鼠致病的肺支原体菌株对火鸡的致病性较弱，且感染不会持续很长时间。
