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Mycoplasma hominis Empyema in an 18-Year-old Stem Cell and Lung Transplant Recipient: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Avika Dixit1, Sanda Alexandrescu2, Debra Boyer3, Erin H Graf4, Sara O Vargas2, Michael Silverman5.   

Abstract

Mycoplasma hominis has been identified as a rare cause of respiratory infections in immunocompromised adults. Here, we describe a case of Mycoplasma hominis empyema in an 18-year-old immunocompromised patient with a review of the literature highlighting diagnostic challenges associated with this infection.
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Keywords:  Mycoplasma hominis; complicated pneumonia; immunocompromised host; lung transplant

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Year:  2017        PMID： 28992317     DOI： 10.1093/jpids/pix049

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc        ISSN： 2048-7193            Impact factor:   3.164


  5 in total

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Authors:  James E T Gebo; Anna F Lau
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2020-06-24       Impact factor: 5.948

Review 2.  An Update in Antimicrobial Therapies and Infection Prevention in Pediatric Lung Transplant Recipients.

Authors:  O C Smibert; M A Paraskeva; G Westall; Greg Snell
Journal:  Paediatr Drugs       Date:  2018-12       Impact factor: 3.022

Review 3.  [Clinical implications of the genus Mycoplasma].

Authors:  D Gómez Rufo; E García Sánchez; J E García Sánchez; M García Moro
Journal:  Rev Esp Quimioter       Date:  2021-03-18       Impact factor: 1.553

4.  Lung Abscess and Recurrent Empyema After Infection With Mycoplasma hominis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Authors:  Isabelle Moneke; Daniel Hornuss; Annerose Serr; Winfried V Kern; Bernward Passlick; Oemer Senbaklavaci
Journal:  Open Forum Infect Dis       Date:  2021-08-04       Impact factor: 3.835

Review 5.  Bacterial infections in lung transplantation.

Authors:  Margaret McCort; Erica MacKenzie; Kenneth Pursell; David Pitrak
Journal:  J Thorac Dis       Date:  2021-11       Impact factor: 3.005
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