ReviewBMC infectious diseases2016
Meningitis in a Chinese adult patient caused by Mycoplasma hominis: a rare infection and literature review.
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- Evaluation of risk factors and treatment options associated with extra-urogenitalFrontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and antimicrobial management of invasiveFrontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: a case report and literature review.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Diagnosis of Mycoplasma Hominis Peritonitis in a CAPD Patient with Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing: A Case Report.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Intracranial infection in an adult caused byFrontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Soft-tissue infection due to Mycoplasma hominis.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023Article
- Case Report: Double trouble: a rare case of successfully treatedFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
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- A Case Report ofFrontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Lipoic Acid Does Not Affect The Growth ofPolish journal of microbiology · 2021Article
- [Clinical implications of the genus Mycoplasma].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2021Review
- IntracranialIDCases · 2021Article
- Metataxonomics of Internal Transcribed Spacer amplicons in cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosing and genotyping of cryptococcal meningitis.Chinese medical journal · 2019Article
- Iatrogenic Ventriculitis Due to Mycoplasma Hominis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.The American journal of case reports · 2019Article
- Infection due to Mycoplasma hominis after left hip replacement: case report and literature review.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Review
- First Case of Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Caused by Mycoplasma hominis in a Pediatric Immunocompromised Patient.Annals of laboratory medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundMycoplasma hominis, a well known cause of neonatal infection, has been reported as a pathogen in urogenital infections in adults; however, central nervous system (CNS) infections are rare. We report here the first case of M. hominis meningitis in China, post neurosurgical treatment for an intracerebral haemorrhage in a 71-year-old male. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a 71-year-old man who developed M. hominis meningitis after neurosurgical treatment and was successfully treated with combined azithromycin and minocycline therapy of 2 weeks duration, despite delayed treatment because the Gram stain of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) yielded no visible organisms. The diagnosis required 16S rDNA sequencing analysis of the cultured isolate from CSF. Literature review of M. hominis CNS infections yielded 19 cases (13 instances of brain abscess, 3 of meningitis, 1 spinal cord abscess and 1 subdural empyema each). Delay in diagnosis and initial treatment failure was evident in all cases. With appropriate microbiological testing, antibiotic therapy (ranging from 5 days to 12 weeks) and often, multiple surgical interventions, almost all the patients improved immediately.
conclusionsBoth our patient findings and the literature review, highlighted the pathogenic potential of M. hominis together with the challenges prompted by rare infectious diseases in particular for developing countries laboratories with limited diagnostic resources.
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