Aquilino Ana, Masiá Mar, López Pilar, Galiana Antonio J, Tovar Juan, Andrés María, Gutiérrez Félix
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General de Elche, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain.
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General de Elche, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Feb;53(2):719-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02841-14. Epub 2014 Nov 26.
Spiroplasma species are organisms that normally colonize plants and insects. We describe the first case of human systemic infection caused by Spiroplasma bacteria in a patient with hypogammaglobulinemia undergoing treatment with biological disease-modifying antirheumatic agents. Spiroplasma turonicum was identified through molecular methods in several blood cultures. The infection was successfully treated with doxycycline plus levofloxacin.
螺旋体属生物通常寄生于植物和昆虫体内。我们报告了首例由螺旋体细菌引起的人类全身感染病例,该患者为一名低丙种球蛋白血症患者,正在接受生物性抗风湿药物治疗。通过分子方法在多次血培养中鉴定出图罗尼螺旋体。感染通过强力霉素加左氧氟沙星成功治愈。