Mycoplasma salivarium detected in a microbial community with Candida glabrata in the biofilm of an occluded biliary stent.
Mycoplasma salivarium, preferentially an inhabitant of the human oral cavity, has rarely been found in other locations associated with disease. We describe here, for what is believed to be the first time, the detection of M. salivarium, together with Candida glabrata, in an occluded biliary stent of an icteric, cholestatic patient.
Henrich
Birgit
B
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Schmitt
Marcus
M
Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Bergmann
Nora
N
Centre of Dentistry, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Zanger
Klaus
K
Institute of Anatomy II, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Kubitz
Ralf
R
Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Häussinger
Dieter
D
Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Pfeffer
Klaus
K
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D041221:Candida glabrata / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D045804:Mycoplasma salivarium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015607:Stents / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents