Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 24;10:335. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-335.
Mycoplasma hominis is a fastidious micro-organism causing systemic infections in the neonate and genital infections in the adult. It can also be the cause of serious extra-genital infections, mainly in immunosuppressed or predisposed subjects.
We describe a case of severe pneumonia and pericarditis due to Mycoplasma hominis in a previously healthy adolescent who did not respond to initial therapy.
Mycoplasma hominis could be an underestimated cause of severe pneumonia in immunocompetent patients and should be particularly suspected in those not responding to standard therapy.
人型支原体是一种苛养微生物,可引起新生儿全身感染和成人生殖器感染。它也可能导致严重的生殖器外感染,主要发生在免疫抑制或易感人群。
我们描述了一例既往健康的青少年因人型支原体引起的严重肺炎和心包炎病例,该患者对初始治疗无反应。
人型支原体可能是免疫功能正常患者严重肺炎被低估的病因,对于那些对标准治疗无反应的患者应特别怀疑。