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Case Reports
. 2020 May;26(5):513-515.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2019.12.017. Epub 2020 Jan 29.

Ureaplasma parvum ventriculitis related to surgery and ventricular peritoneal drainage

Andreja Saje  1 , Tomaž Velnar  2 , Barbara Smrke  2 , Peter Spazzapan  2 , Darja Keše  3 , Borut Kobal  4 , Bojana Beović  5
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Ureaplasma parvum ventriculitis related to surgery and ventricular peritoneal drainage

Andreja Saje et al. J Infect Chemother. 2020 May.

Abstract

Ureaplasma spp. usually causes genitourinary infections; few reports in the literature describe extragenital infections, usually in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of Ureaplasma parvum ventriculitis in an immunocompetent patient related to ventriculoperitoneal drainage and surgery. Ureaplasma parvum was detected with broad range 16S rRNA PCR and cultured on A8 agar.

Keywords: Central nervous system infection; Immunocompetent patient; Postoperative infection; Ureaplasma parvum; Ventricular peritoneal shunt; Ventriculitis.

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