title: Fatal septicemia due to Mycoplasma arginini: a new human zoonosis.
abstract: A 64-year-old slaughterhouse worker with advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developed septicemia and pneumonia. Mycoplasma arginini, a wall-free prokaryote found in a variety of domestic animal hosts, was repeatedly isolated from blood and bronchial washings from the patient. Immunosuppression, in part caused by hypogammaglobulinemia, probably played a key role in predisposing the patient to a fatal infection. This case suggests that animal mycoplasmas should be considered in the list of infectious agents acquired by immunosuppressed hosts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yechouron
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Tully
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology*