Intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection following emergent craniectomy

We present a case of a young healthy female who developed recurrent cranial wound infections after a traumatic injury, the etiologic organism finally identified as Mycoplasma hominis, an uncommon and difficult to isolate bacterium.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zahra Qamar, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, Matthew A. Pettengill, Maliha Ahmed, Bryan Hess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921001311