Which of the following etiological agents corresponds with pyelonephritis?
Mycoplasma hominis colonizes lower genitourinary tract of almost 50% healthy sexually active adults. It is an oppounist pathogen that can invade upper genitourinary tract and cause infections. It adheres to the epithelial cells of mucosal surfaces in urogenital tract and can not be eliminated by mucosal secretion and urine. It is mostly resistant to erythromycin but sensitive to tetracycline and lincomycin. It is associated with following infections in adults: Pyelonephritis Salpingitis Pelvic inflammatory disease Postaboal fever Postpaum fever Ref: Brooks G.F. (2013). Chapter 25. Mycoplasmas and Cell Wall-Defective Bacteria. In G.F. Brooks (Ed), Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, 26e.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycoplasma hominis
Ureaplasma urealyticum
All of the above