title: Cluster or coincidence? An unusual cause of surgical site infections in adult trauma patients.
abstract: Mycoplasma hominis is a bacteria that colonizes and infects the genitourinary tract; extragenital infections are not common. Three surgical site infections because of M hominis in immunocompetent adult trauma patients were detected at our facility in a 6-month time period. We investigated this case series and hypothesize transmission based on common exposures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado-Denver, CO 80204, USA. heather.young2@dhha.org
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Andrés F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Henao-Martínez
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Connie S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult