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

Rémi Le Guern; Caroline Loïez; Valentin Loobuyck; Natacha Rousse; René Courcol; Frédéric Wallet

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.028

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

Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Feb:31:53-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.028. Epub 2014 Dec 19.

Authors

Rémi Le Guern¹, Caroline Loïez², Valentin Loobuyck³, Natacha Rousse³, René Courcol², Frédéric Wallet²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center, Lille, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center, Lille, France.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Center, Lille, France.

PMID: 25532483
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.028

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bone Diseases, Infectious / diagnosis
Bone Diseases, Infectious / microbiology*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Cross Infection / diagnosis
Cross Infection / microbiology
Humans
Male
Mediastinitis / diagnosis
Mediastinitis / microbiology*
Mycoplasma Infections / diagnosis
Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology*
Mycoplasma hominis / isolation & purification*
Osteitis / diagnosis
Osteitis / microbiology*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Postoperative Complications / microbiology
Sternum*