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Extragenital Mycoplasma hominis infection: a report of two cases
Author(s) -
Shaw David R.,
Lim Irene
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112778.x
Subject(s) - mycoplasma hominis , medicine , tetracycline , surgery , mollicutes , herpesvirus hominis , surgical wound , craniotomy , mycoplasma , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , viral disease , herpesviridae
Mycoplasma hominis was isolated from the surgical wounds of two patients. One of these patients developed a septicaemia‐like illness after coronary artery vein‐graft surgery. Mycopl. hominis was isolated from the sternotomy wound and pleural fluid of this patient but not from his blood. No other pathogens were isolated. The second patient developed a low‐grade soft‐tissue infection due to Mycopl. hominis in a craniotomy wound; his condition responded to tetracycline treatment. The source of infection in both cases presumably was mycoplasmaemia which was secondary to urethral catheterization. Infections due to Mycopl. hominis are overlooked easily unless appropriate steps are taken to isolate and to identify these organisms.