Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess following uterus curettage: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Mycoplasma hominis is mostly known for causing urogenital infections. However, it has rarely been described as an agent of brain abscess. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of M. hominis brain abscess in a 41-year-old Caucasian woman following uterus curettage. The diagnosis was obt...

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Autores principales: Al Masalma, Mouhamad, Drancourt, Michel, Dufour, Henry, Raoult, Didier, Fournier, Pierre-Edouard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21722404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-278
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author Al Masalma, Mouhamad
Drancourt, Michel
Dufour, Henry
Raoult, Didier
Fournier, Pierre-Edouard
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Drancourt, Michel
Dufour, Henry
Raoult, Didier
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description INTRODUCTION: Mycoplasma hominis is mostly known for causing urogenital infections. However, it has rarely been described as an agent of brain abscess. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of M. hominis brain abscess in a 41-year-old Caucasian woman following uterus curettage. The diagnosis was obtained by 16S rDNA amplification, cloning and sequencing from the abscess pus, and confirmed by a specifically designed real-time polymerase chain reaction assay. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from our patient's case suggest that M. hominis should be considered as a potential agent of brain abscess, especially following uterine manipulation.
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spelling pubmed-31422302011-07-23 Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess following uterus curettage: a case report Al Masalma, Mouhamad Drancourt, Michel Dufour, Henry Raoult, Didier Fournier, Pierre-Edouard J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Mycoplasma hominis is mostly known for causing urogenital infections. However, it has rarely been described as an agent of brain abscess. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of M. hominis brain abscess in a 41-year-old Caucasian woman following uterus curettage. The diagnosis was obtained by 16S rDNA amplification, cloning and sequencing from the abscess pus, and confirmed by a specifically designed real-time polymerase chain reaction assay. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from our patient's case suggest that M. hominis should be considered as a potential agent of brain abscess, especially following uterine manipulation. BioMed Central 2011-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3142230/ /pubmed/21722404 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-278 Text en Copyright ©2011 Al Masalma et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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