title: Successful treatment of post-neurosurgical intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection using gatifloxacin.
abstract: We describe two cases of intracerebral infection with Mycoplasma hominis following neurosurgery, the first after removal of a colloid cyst, the other after a craniotomy following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). Both infections were successfully treated with parenteral gatifloxacin, with ongoing clindamycin or moxifloxacin for associated osteomyelitis.
authors: Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Taringa, QLD 4068, Australia. kate_mccarthy@snp.com.au
authors: K L
authors: KL
authors: McCarthy
authors: D F M
authors: DF
authors: Looke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077734:Gatifloxacin; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009493:Neurosurgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D000077734:Gatifloxacin