Successful Treatment of Mycoplasma hominis Meningitis, Diagnosed Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, with Ciprofloxacin in a Neonate
Mycoplasma hominis can cause life-threatening central nervous system infections in neonates following intrauterine infection or during delivery. In newborns, the diagnosis and treatment of M. hominis meningitis are challenging, because cultures are often negative and the bacterium is not susceptible...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Neonatology
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Neonatal Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.neo-med.org/upload/pdf/nm-2020-27-3-147.pdf |