Ureaplasma parvum as a cause of sternal wound infection.
Few reports in the literature have documented the isolation of Ureaplasma species from sternal wounds. A case of sternal wound infection likely due to Ureaplasma parvum is described. When routine bacterial cultures from a sternal wound infection fail to yield a pathogen, diagnostic testing for mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas should be considered.
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. AWalkty@mts.net
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries*; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*