Mediastinitis caused by <i>Mycoplasma hominis</i> in immunocompetent patients: A case series report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycoplasma hominis, a commensal organism, is potentially pathogenic; its role in postoperative infections might be underestimated in cardiac surgery.

Results

We reported two cases of postoperative M. hominis mediastinitis in immunocompetent patients with a DeBakey grade I aortic dissecting aneurysm and reviewed 10 other cases previously described. Among the 10 reviewed cases and our two cases, 11 patients were men (median age, 59 years; median onset of clinical symptoms time, 14.5 d after surgery; and mean peak of temperature, 38.5 ± 0.8 °C). In our reports, two patients underwent sternotomy site reopening and debridement before diagnosis was confirmed. Diagnosis was confirmed by prolonged culture and by performing metagenomic next-generation sequenc

SUBMITTER: Wang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617930 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature