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6665677

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
The incidence of infections of the central nervous system caused by Mycoplasma hominis in newborn infants is not known. However, such infections occur in both full-term and premature infants, either with or without malformations such as myelomeningocele. M. hominis has also been recovered from brain abscesses. Infected infants usually present with signs of meningitis or meningoencephalitis. Hydrocephalus may develop. The cerebrospinal fluid characteristically has a reduced glucose content and an elevated protein concentration. The white blood cell count is high, with a predominance of either mono- or polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Cerebrospinal fluid yields M. hominis but not other bacteria. Some newborn infants with M. hominis infection of the central nervous system die, whereas others survive and become healthy. In spite of adequate antibiotic therapy, some of those infected develop sequelae such as hemiplegia. Therapy with tetracycline or lincomycin can rapidly eradicate the organism from cerebrospinal fluid.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0148-5717
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
331-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Mycoplasma hominis infection of the central nervous system in newborn infants.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article