| Autor: |
Ti, T. Y., Dan, Michael, Stemke, Gerald W., Robertson, Janet, Goldsand, George |
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JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; January 1982, Vol. 247 Issue: 1 p60-61, 2p |
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MYCOPLASMA hominis is a common inhabitant of the human genitourinary and upper respiratory tracts.1,2 Its full role in the pathogenesis of disease in man is unclear. Infections associated with M hominis have been reported mainly in postpartum women1 and neonates.2 Isolation of the organism from the bloodstream following vaginal delivery or abortion is well documented1; however, its recovery from the blood of adult men has been described in only a single report.3 We present two patients from whom M hominis was isolated in blood cultures following multiple trauma. One of these also had septic arthritis.Report of CasesCase 1.—A 26-year-old man, found unconscious following a motor vehicle accident, was admitted with multiple lacerations and fracture of the left femur and fracture dislocation at C2-C3. Following initial supportive therapy he regained consciousness. The hospital course was characterized by intermittent fever spikes (temperatures of 39 |
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