Postcesarean wound infection by Mycoplasma hominis in a patient with persistent postpartum fever.
Mycoplasma hominis was isolated in pure culture from a wound infection following delivery by cesarean section. The importance of recognizing this organism as a potential pathogen of the female genital tract is emphasized. Two commercially available isolation systems that allow the recovery of this organism are also described.
D000293:Adolescent; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*