title: Endocarditis and Ureaplasma urealyticum osteomyelitis in a hypogammaglobulinemic patient. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a hypogammaglobulinemic patient who developed chronic polyarthritis and osteomyelitis due to Ureaplasma urealyticum. He also had mitral valve endocarditis of uncertain origin. Patients with primary antibody deficiency show increased susceptibility to mycoplasma infections. Early diagnosis and treatment is very important in order to prevent potentially debilitating complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Frangogiannis
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Cate
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000302:isolation & purification*