Mycoplasma hominis endocarditis in a child with a complex congenital heart defect.
We report a case of a 4-year-old girl with a complex congenital heart defect who developed Mycoplasma endocarditis after surgical repair. This is the first reported case of Mycoplasma endocarditis in a child and suggests consideration of this organism as a cause of culture-negative endocarditis.
Dominguez
Samuel R
SR
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80010, USA. samueldominguez@uchsc.edu
Littlehorn
Cyndi
C
Nyquist
Ann-Christine
AC
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification*