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ArticleThe American journal of case reports2019

Iatrogenic Ventriculitis Due to Mycoplasma Hominis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Asim Diab, Safiya Sayed Mahmood AlMusawi, Dhoha Hudhaiah, Rania Magzoub, Abdullatif S Al Rashed, Tariq S Al Musawi

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Article in The American journal of case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Central nervous system infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult: a case report and literature review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
    Pooled it
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  3. Postoperative DisseminatedInfection and drug resistance · 2025
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  4. BMJ case reports · 2024
    Article
  5. Diagnosis ofInfection and drug resistance · 2022
    Article
  6. [Clinical implications of the genus Mycoplasma].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Asim DiabDepartment of Microbiology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Safiya Sayed Mahmood AlMusawiDepartment of Microbiology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Dhoha HudhaiahDepartment of Microbiology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Rania MagzoubDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullatif S Al RashedDepartment of Microbiology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Tariq S Al MusawiDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAKing Fahd Hospital of the University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Mycoplasma hominis, which rarely causes infection after neurosurgical procedures, is a small free-living organism, belonging to the genus Mycoplasma. M. hominis lacks a rigid cell wall and cannot be clearly visualized by routine light microscopy. Thus, it is challenging to diagnose infections caused by this pathogen. Here, we report a case of Mycoplasma hominis causing iatrogenic ventriculitis secondary to extraventricular drain. CASE REPORT A 25-year-old man who was a victim of a road traffic accident developed M. hominis ventriculitis secondary to extraventricular drain. Despite a delay in the diagnosis due to the difficulty of identifying M. hominis, the patient was successfully treated with intravenous ciprofloxacin 400 mg for 14 days. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this case report, coupled with a thorough review of the literature, demonstrate the pathogenic potential of M. hominis. Particularly in developing countries, in which laboratories may have limited access to advanced technologies, such rare infectious diseases remain major diagnostic challenges.

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Iatrogenic DiseaseMycoplasma hominisCerebral VentriculitisChildCross InfectionDrainageHumansMaleMycoplasma InfectionsTomography, X-Ray Computed

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PMID30923306
PMCPMC6452781
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