A deep sternal wound infection caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum

Katja Lucke; Stefan P Kuster; Mihai Bertea; Christian Ruef; Guido V Bloemberg

doi:10.1099/jmm.0.022814-0

A deep sternal wound infection caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum

J Med Microbiol. 2010 Oct;59(Pt 10):1254-1256. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.022814-0. Epub 2010 Jul 8.

Authors

Katja Lucke¹, Stefan P Kuster², Mihai Bertea¹, Christian Ruef², Guido V Bloemberg¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 20616189
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.022814-0

Abstract

Ureaplasma species are usually associated with infection of the urogenital tract. An unusual case of a sternal wound infection caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum in a 41-year-old male after aortic valve replacement is described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Aortic Valve / surgery
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Sequence Data
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sternum / microbiology
Sternum / pathology*
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
Surgical Wound Infection / pathology
Ureaplasma Infections / diagnosis*
Ureaplasma Infections / microbiology
Ureaplasma urealyticum / isolation & purification*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

GENBANK/GU272020