A case of Mycoplasma hominis septic arthritis postpartum

Chia Ling Phuah; Babak Javid; Sani H. Aliyu; Andrew M.L. Lever

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2007.08.006

A case of Mycoplasma hominis septic arthritis postpartum

Chia Ling Phuah, Babak Javid, Sani H. Aliyu, Andrew M.L. Lever

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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
Pages (from-to)	e135-e137
Journal	Journal of Infection
Volume	55
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2007.08.006
State	Published - Nov 2007

Keywords

Mycoplasma hominis
Pregnancy
Septic arthritis

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