Intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy

We present a case of a young healthy female who developed recurrent cranial wound infections after a traumatic injury, the etiologic organism finally identified as Mycoplasma hominis, an uncommon and difficult to isolate bacterium.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Qamar, Zahra, Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula, Pattengill, Matthew A., Ahmed, Maliha, Hess, Bryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8203728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34159053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01175
Descripción
Sumario:We present a case of a young healthy female who developed recurrent cranial wound infections after a traumatic injury, the etiologic organism finally identified as Mycoplasma hominis, an uncommon and difficult to isolate bacterium.

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