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Mycoplasma hominis periaortic abscess following heart–lung transplantation
Author(s) -
Hagiya Hideharu,
Yoshida Hisao,
Yamamoto Norihisa,
Kimura Keigo,
Ueda Akiko,
Nishi Isao,
Akeda Yukihiro,
Tomono Kazunori
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12697
Subject(s) - medicine , debridement (dental) , lung transplantation , mycoplasma hominis , abscess , surgery , lung abscess , lung , antibiotic therapy , transplantation , heart lung transplantation , antibiotics , heart transplantation , mycoplasma , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
We report the first case of M ycoplasma hominis periaortic abscess after heart–lung transplantation. The absence of sternal wound infection delayed the diagnosis, but the patient successfully recovered with debridement surgeries and long‐term antibiotic therapy. Owing to the difficulty in detection and the intrinsic resistance to beta‐lactams, M . hominis infections are prone to being misdiagnosed and undertreated. M . hominis should be suspected in cases where conventional microbiological identification and treatment approaches fail.