Clinical and Microbiological Characterization of Bloodstream Infections Caused by Mycoplasma hominis: An Overlooked Pathogen.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Bloodstream infection (BSI) is associated with high mortality rates. Mycoplasma hominis, which rarely causes extragenital infections, has been shown to induce BSI and presents a clinical diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.

Methods

In this study, we investigated the clinical characteristics, antibiotic resistance, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of eight BSI cases caused by M. hominis in South China from January 2018 to October 2021.

Results

Underlying immunosuppression and genitourinary tract surgery are important risk factors for M. hominis BSI. The most prevalent clinical symptoms and signs were fever. Additional findings included elevated neutrophil count and C-reactive protein level. Furthermore, in this study, all the patients had erythrocyto

SUBMITTER: Zeng T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9124272 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature