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Case Reports
. 2015 Feb:31:53-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.028. Epub 2014 Dec 19.

A new case of Mycoplasma hominis mediastinitis and sternal osteitis after cardiac surgery

Rémi Le Guern  1 , Caroline Loïez  2 , Valentin Loobuyck  3 , Natacha Rousse  3 , René Courcol  2 , Frédéric Wallet  2
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Case Reports

A new case of Mycoplasma hominis mediastinitis and sternal osteitis after cardiac surgery

Rémi Le Guern et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Feb.
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Abstract

We report a case of nosocomial mediastinitis and sternal osteitis due to M. hominis after open-heart surgery in an immuno-competent patient. This infection has been diagnosed by incubating the culture media for an extended period of time, and sequencing 16S rDNA directly from the clinical samples.

Keywords: 16S rDNA sequencing; Mycoplasma hominis; mediastinitis.

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