Fatal nosocomial meningitis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: case report and review of the literature
Meningitis due to Mycoplasma hominis in adults is rarely described, with only three cases having been reported to date. A case of fatal meningitis in a 39-year-old patient after a neurosurgical procedure for a subarachnoid haemorrhage is reported herein. Identification and treatment were significant...
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| author | Sophie Reissier Romain Masson François Guérin Gérald Viquesnel Joëlle Petitjean-Lecherbonnier Sabine Pereyre Vincent Cattoir Christophe Isnard |
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| description | Meningitis due to Mycoplasma hominis in adults is rarely described, with only three cases having been reported to date. A case of fatal meningitis in a 39-year-old patient after a neurosurgical procedure for a subarachnoid haemorrhage is reported herein. Identification and treatment were significantly delayed because of the rarity of the aetiology and difficulty identifying this organism with the routinely used conventional methods, such as Gram staining and agar growth on standard agar plates. Clinical procedures and the treatment of ‘culture-negative’ central nervous system infections is a real challenge for clinical microbiologists and clinicians, and M. hominis has to be considered as a potential, although very uncommon, pathogen. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ad3a5c5e4ef45f3839f6b748b36b9592022-12-21T19:04:05ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112016-07-0148C818310.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.015Fatal nosocomial meningitis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: case report and review of the literatureSophie Reissier0Romain Masson1François Guérin2Gérald Viquesnel3Joëlle Petitjean-Lecherbonnier4Sabine Pereyre5Vincent Cattoir6Christophe Isnard7Department of Microbiology, CHU de Caen, Av. Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen Cedex 9, FranceDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Caen, Caen, FranceDepartment of Microbiology, CHU de Caen, Av. Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen Cedex 9, FranceDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Caen, Caen, FranceDepartment of Virology, CHU de Caen, Caen, FranceUniversity of Bordeaux, INRA, USC EA 3671 Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Infections in Humans, Bordeaux, FranceDepartment of Microbiology, CHU de Caen, Av. Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen Cedex 9, FranceDepartment of Microbiology, CHU de Caen, Av. Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen Cedex 9, FranceMeningitis due to Mycoplasma hominis in adults is rarely described, with only three cases having been reported to date. A case of fatal meningitis in a 39-year-old patient after a neurosurgical procedure for a subarachnoid haemorrhage is reported herein. Identification and treatment were significantly delayed because of the rarity of the aetiology and difficulty identifying this organism with the routinely used conventional methods, such as Gram staining and agar growth on standard agar plates. Clinical procedures and the treatment of ‘culture-negative’ central nervous system infections is a real challenge for clinical microbiologists and clinicians, and M. hominis has to be considered as a potential, although very uncommon, pathogen.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197121631058XMycoplasma hominisMeningitisNosocomialCentral nervous systemMolecular identification |
| spellingShingle | Sophie Reissier Romain Masson François Guérin Gérald Viquesnel Joëlle Petitjean-Lecherbonnier Sabine Pereyre Vincent Cattoir Christophe Isnard Fatal nosocomial meningitis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: case report and review of the literature International Journal of Infectious Diseases Mycoplasma hominis Meningitis Nosocomial Central nervous system Molecular identification |
| title | Fatal nosocomial meningitis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: case report and review of the literature |
| title_full | Fatal nosocomial meningitis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: case report and review of the literature |
| title_fullStr | Fatal nosocomial meningitis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: case report and review of the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fatal nosocomial meningitis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: case report and review of the literature |
| title_short | Fatal nosocomial meningitis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: case report and review of the literature |
| title_sort | fatal nosocomial meningitis caused by mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient case report and review of the literature |
| topic | Mycoplasma hominis Meningitis Nosocomial Central nervous system Molecular identification |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197121631058X |
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