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Case Reports
. 2010 Nov 24:10:335.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-335.

Mycoplasma hominis necrotizing pleuropneumonia in a previously healthy adolescent

Andres Pascual  1 , Marie-Helene Perez, Katia Jaton, Gaudenz Hafen, Stefano Di Bernardo, Jacques Cotting, Gilbert Greub, Bernard Vaudaux
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Case Reports

Mycoplasma hominis necrotizing pleuropneumonia in a previously healthy adolescent

Andres Pascual et al. BMC Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Background: Mycoplasma hominis is a fastidious micro-organism causing systemic infections in the neonate and genital infections in the adult. It can also be the cause of serious extra-genital infections, mainly in immunosuppressed or predisposed subjects.

Case presentation: We describe a case of severe pneumonia and pericarditis due to Mycoplasma hominis in a previously healthy adolescent who did not respond to initial therapy.

Conclusions: Mycoplasma hominis could be an underestimated cause of severe pneumonia in immunocompetent patients and should be particularly suspected in those not responding to standard therapy.

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Figure 1
CT scan of the thorax showing bilateral necrotizing pneumonia (black circles) and pleural effusion (black squares) as well as pericardial effusion (leftwards arrows). Note the presence of a chest tube inserted into the pleural cavity (in communication with the lung abscess) and a drainage tube into the pericardial cavity (downwards arrows).
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