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21706849

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
A 36-year-old woman undergoing a myomectomy developed postoperative surgical-saite peritonitis and hematoma. Eight days postoperatively, she developed a 38 degrees C-plus fever and accumulated ascites, with fever unchanged despite antimicrobial beta-lactams therapy. Following transvaginal ascitic drainage, her fever disappeared. Recurrent 38 degrees C fever and inflammation were cured by clindamycin of 1.2 g/day. M. hominis detected from ascites drainage was considered the primary causative organism. Nongenito-urinary M. hominis infection is often difficult to detect, as in our case. Gram staining, for example, is not useful in ascertaining small organisms such as Mycoplasma spp. having no cell walls to stain. M. hominis grows slowly, requiring over three days to form colonies on blood agar plates, requiring time to identify pathogens. We report case showing the importance of suspecting M. hominis of causing gynecological surgical-site infection. When common bacterial pathogen cultures remain negative and when empiric beta-lactam antibiotic treatment is ineffective, M. hominis should be suspected. In conclusion, M. hominis should be considered a causative following myomectomy resection.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0387-5911
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
275-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
[Peritonitis due to post-myomectomy Mycoplasma hominis infection].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Laboratory, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports