Disseminated Ureaplasma urealyticum infection in a hypo-gammaglobulinaemic renal transplant patient.
We report of a case of severe disseminated U. urealyticum infection in a 35-y-old kidney transplanted patient with CVID. Routine microbiological tests were negative. Six weeks after admission, abscess material was grown on Mycoplasma culture medium yielding U. urealyticum in high titres. The patient responded promptly to appropriate antibiotics.
Cordtz
Joakim
J
Department of Nephrology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. drcordtz@yahoo.dk
Jensen
Jørgen Skov
JS
D000328:Adult; D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000382:microbiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host / Q000276:immunology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017291:Clarithromycin; D004318:Doxycycline