Hemoplasma infection in HIV-positive patient, Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Dec;14(12):1922-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1412.080964.

Abstract

Hemotrophic mycoplasmas infect a variety of mammals. Although infection in humans is rarely reported, an association with an immunocompromised state has been suggested. We report a case of a Mycoplasma haemofelis-like infection in an HIV-positive patient co-infected with Bartonella henselae.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
  • Animals
  • Bartonella henselae / isolation & purification*
  • Brazil
  • Cat Diseases / microbiology
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / complications*
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / microbiology
  • Cats
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycoplasma / classification
  • Mycoplasma / genetics
  • Mycoplasma / isolation & purification*
  • Mycoplasma Infections / complications*
  • Mycoplasma Infections / diagnosis
  • Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EU888930