Hematoma infected with Mycoplasma hominis.
Although mycoplasmas are commonly isolated in the genitourinary and upper respiratory tracts, they are rarely isolated from other sites. We describe a case of a young woman with trauma to her pelvis and genitourinary tract who had a thigh hematoma infected with Mycoplasma hominis. The patient had persistent systemic symptoms that resolved with appropriate antibiotics and surgical drainage. This case as well as other cases of Mycoplasma-infected hematomas point out the need to consider mycoplasma infection in patients with persistent fever unresponsive to conventional antibiotic therapy.
Kailath
E J
EJ
Division of Infectious and Immunological Diseases, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817.
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D000328:Adult; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013848:Thigh / Q000601:surgery; D014031:Tobramycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D002981:Clindamycin; D014031:Tobramycin