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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e135-e137 |
Journal | Journal of Infection |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2007 |
Keywords
- Mycoplasma hominis
- Pregnancy
- Septic arthritis