A case of Mycoplasma hominis septic arthritis postpartum

Authors

Chia-Ling Phuah, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. c.phuah.00@cantab.netFollow
Babak Javid
Sani H. Aliyu
Andrew M. Lever

Document Type

Article

Abstract

A 17-year-old woman presented 1-week post caesarean section with septic arthritis which was unresponsive to first-line empirical antimicrobial therapy. Cultures of the hip aspirate revealed Mycoplasma hominis as the causative organism. M. hominis-associated septic arthritis is extremely rare in the absence of underlying joint abnormalities or immunosuppression. Strikingly four of the 26 cases reported have been pregnancy-associated.

Medical Subject Headings

Adolescent; Arthritis, Infectious (microbiology); Female; Humans; Mycoplasma Infections (microbiology); Mycoplasma hominis (isolation & purification); Postpartum Period

Publication Date

11-1-2007

Publication Title

The Journal of infection

E-ISSN

1532-2742

Volume

55

Issue

5

First Page

e135

Last Page

7

PubMed ID

17892899

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.jinf.2007.08.006

Recommended Citation

Phuah, Chia-Ling; Javid, Babak; Aliyu, Sani H.; and Lever, Andrew M., "A case of Mycoplasma hominis septic arthritis postpartum" (2007). Neurology. 1710.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurology/1710