Bloodstream infection due to Mycoplasma arginini in an immunocompromised patient.
Mycoplasma arginini, an organism usually recovered from mammals, was isolated from the blood of a febrile patient with advanced non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The patient's condition improved without administration of antimycoplasmal drugs. Simulation of blood culture showed that automated blood culture instruments may fail to detect the organism.
Department of Clinical Laboratories, Tsukuba University Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan.
Mayumi
M
Watanabe
Shigemi
S
Hitomi
Miki
M
Goto
Yuichi
Y
Hasegawa
D001331:Automation / Q000379:methods; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology