title: Septicemia due to Mycoplasma hominis.
abstract: Mycoplasma hominis was recovered from the blood of 7 patients with various underlying disorders. One patient had a legal abortion, another a Caesarian section, both followed by septicemia. Three patients had genital infections in pregnancy, followed by septicemia and spontaneous abortion. M. hominis was also recovered from cervix and urethra in 2 of these women. High serum antibody levels against M. hominis were demonstrated in 3 women. One female developed septicemia after cancer surgery, one male after heart surgery. In the first 6 patients described the septicemia was of short duration and self-limiting, in the 7th patient it was of long duration and appropriate antimicrobial treatment was required. From this patient M. hominis was also isolated from infected operation wounds.
mesh_terms: D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole; D002981:Clindamycin; D000667:Ampicillin; D000658:Amoxicillin; D004318:Doxycycline