Rare Spiroplasma Bloodstream Infection in Patient after Surgery, China, 2022.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of Spiroplasma bloodstream infection in a patient in China who developed pulmonary infection, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and septic shock after emergency surgery for type A aortic dissection. One organism closely related to Spiroplasma eriocheiris was isolated from blood culture and identified by whole-genome sequencing.

SUBMITTER: Xiu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10756377 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature