A case of Mycoplasma hominis septic arthritis postpartum.
A 17-year-old woman presented 1-week post caesarean section with septic arthritis which was unresponsive to first-line empirical antimicrobial therapy. Cultures of the hip aspirate revealed Mycoplasma hominis as the causative organism. M. hominis-associated septic arthritis is extremely rare in the absence of underlying joint abnormalities or immunosuppression. Strikingly four of the 26 cases reported have been pregnancy-associated.
Phuah
Chia-Ling
CL
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. c.phuah.00@cantab.net
Javid
Babak
B
Aliyu
Sani H
SH
Lever
Andrew M L
AM
D000293:Adolescent; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049590:Postpartum Period