Brain abscess caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum in an adult patient.
Ureaplasma urealyticum is a fastidious bacterium usually residing in the female genitourinary tract. We present an exceedingly complicated case of a brain abscess secondary to mastoiditis by U. urealyticum in an adult hypogammaglobulinemic patient after rituximab treatment 3 years earlier.
Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.
Philipp
P
Deetjen
Christoph
C
Maurer
Andreas
A
Rank
Ansgar
A
Berlis
Sören
S
Schubert
Reinhard
R
Hoffmann
D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D000069283:Rituximab; D014054:Tomography; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult
D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D000069283:Rituximab