Infection of a brain abscess of Mycoplasma hominis.
Persistent fever in a young man after evacuation of a subdural hematoma caused by a depressed skull fracture made it necessary to carry out a computerized tomographic exam of the head that demonstrated a left frontal lobe brain abscess. Mycoplasma hominis was recovered from this abscess as the sole infecting organism. Serial computerized tomographic scans showed resolution after aspiration and antibiotic therapy.
D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*