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Mycoplasma hominis endocarditis in a child with a complex congenital heart defect.

Samuel R Dominguez1, Cyndi Littlehorn, Ann-Christine Nyquist.   

Abstract

We report a case of a 4-year-old girl with a complex congenital heart defect who developed Mycoplasma endocarditis after surgical repair. This is the first reported case of Mycoplasma endocarditis in a child and suggests consideration of this organism as a cause of culture-negative endocarditis.

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Year:  2006        PMID: 16940850     DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000232639.81762.d4

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Pediatr Infect Dis J        ISSN: 0891-3668            Impact factor:   2.129


  3 in total

Review 1.  Mycoplasma hominis, a Rare but True Cause of Infective Endocarditis.

Authors:  Amandine Gagneux-Brunon; Florence Grattard; Jerome Morel; Florence Suy; Jean-François Fuzellier; Paul Verhoeven; Celine Cazorla; Claire Guglielminotti; Anne Fresard; Frederic Lucht; Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2015-07-01       Impact factor: 5.948

Review 2.  Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis by Mycoplasma hominis: Case Report and Literature Review.

Authors:  Antonio Bustos-Merlo; Antonio Rosales-Castillo; Fernando Cobo; Carmen Hidalgo-Tenorio
Journal:  J Clin Med       Date:  2022-07-02       Impact factor: 4.964

3.  Confirmed Mycoplasma pneumoniae endocarditis.

Authors:  Juan Pablo Scapini; Luis Pedro Flynn; Silvia Sciacaluga; Lorena Morales; María Estela Cadario
Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis       Date:  2008-10       Impact factor: 6.883

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