Fatal septicemia due to Mycoplasma arginini: a new human zoonosis
| Autor: | David L. Rose, Ariane Yechouron, Hugh G. Robson, Joseph G. Tully, Johanne Lefebvre |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Male medicine.medical_treatment Mycoplasmataceae Bacteremia medicine.disease_cause Hypogammaglobulinemia Mycoplasma hemic and lymphatic diseases Zoonoses medicine Humans Mycoplasma Infections biology business.industry Zoonosis Immunosuppression Pneumonia Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Lymphoma Infectious Diseases Immunology Mollicutes business Pneumonia (non-human) |
| Zdroj: | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 15(3) |
| ISSN: | 1058-4838 |
| Popis: | A 64-year-old slaughterhouse worker with advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developed septicemia and pneumonia. Mycoplasma arginini, a wall-free prokaryote found in a variety of domestic animal hosts, was repeatedly isolated from blood and bronchial washings from the patient. Immunosuppression, in part caused by hypogammaglobulinemia, probably played a key role in predisposing the patient to a fatal infection. This case suggests that animal mycoplasmas should be considered in the list of infectious agents acquired by immunosuppressed hosts. |
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