%0 Journal Article %A Taylor-Robinson, D. %A Purcell, R. H. %A London, W. T. %A Sly, D. L. %T Urethral infection of chimpanzees by Ureaplasma urealyticum %D 1978 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 11 %N 2 %P 197-201 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-11-2-197 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY Two strains of Ureaplasma urealyticum serotype V that had produced urethritis in human volunteers were, after a number of subcultures in artificial media, introduced intra-urethrally into three chimpanzees. One strain given to two chimpanzees rapidly multiplied 1000-fold whereas there was less evidence that organisms of another strain multiplied in a third animal. Over a 14-day period the ureaplasmas persisted in all animals, did not spread to the throat and did not produce an inflammatory response. After this time they were eliminated by tetracycline therapy. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-11-2-197