title: A case report of Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
abstract: We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess occurring after a cranial trauma, which was identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). The presence of colonies on classic blood agar plates and the use of MALDI-TOF MS, a valuable diagnostic tool that identified M. hominis due to its presence in the VITEK MS database, allowed the rapid diagnosis of this infection.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers cedex, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pailhoriès
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rabier
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers cedex, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eveillard
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers cedex, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mahaza
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers cedex, France.
authors.forename: M-L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Joly-Guillou
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers, France.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chennebault
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers cedex, France. Electronic address: makempf@chu-angers.fr.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kempf
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers cedex, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemarié
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
keywords: Cranial abscess; MALDI TOF identification; Mycoplasma hominis