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
_version_ 1783708231895351296
author Qamar, Zahra
Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula
Pattengill, Matthew A.
Ahmed, Maliha
Hess, Bryan
author_facet Qamar, Zahra
Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula
Pattengill, Matthew A.
Ahmed, Maliha
Hess, Bryan
author_sort Qamar, Zahra
collection PubMed
description 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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8203728
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Elsevier
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-82037282021-06-21 Intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy Qamar, Zahra Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula Pattengill, Matthew A. Ahmed, Maliha Hess, Bryan IDCases Case Report 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. Elsevier 2021-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8203728/ /pubmed/34159053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01175 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Qamar, Zahra
Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula
Pattengill, Matthew A.
Ahmed, Maliha
Hess, Bryan
Intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy
title Intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy
title_full Intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy
title_fullStr Intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy
title_full_unstemmed Intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy
title_short Intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy
title_sort intracranial mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy
topic Case Report
url 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
work_keys_str_mv AT qamarzahra intracranialmycoplasmahominisinfectionfollowingemergentcraniectomy
AT tjoumakarisstavropoula intracranialmycoplasmahominisinfectionfollowingemergentcraniectomy
AT pattengillmatthewa intracranialmycoplasmahominisinfectionfollowingemergentcraniectomy
AT ahmedmaliha intracranialmycoplasmahominisinfectionfollowingemergentcraniectomy
AT hessbryan intracranialmycoplasmahominisinfectionfollowingemergentcraniectomy

Ejemplares similares