Importance of Suspicion for the Identification of Mycoplasma in Wound Culture: A Case Report.
10.5145/KJCM.2010.13.3.121
- Author:
Sang Mee HWANG
1
;
In Seon YOON
;
Sei Ick JOO
;
Jongyoun YI
;
Eui Chong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. euichong@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mycoplasma hominis;
Mycoplasma salivarium;
Wound infection
- MeSH:
Coloring Agents;
Immunocompromised Host;
Kidney Transplantation;
Lung;
Mycoplasma;
Mycoplasma hominis;
Mycoplasma salivarium;
Transplants;
Wound Infection
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2010;13(3):121-124
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Genital mycoplasmas are rare in extraintestinal specimens, but can cause disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients and wound infections after surgery or injury. We report two cases of Myoplasma hominis wound infections after lung lobectomy and kidney transplantation, and a case of M. salivarium wound infection after aortic graft replacement. Mycoplasmas grew in aerobic and anaerobic cultures as tiny colonies but were not observed by gram- or acid fast stain and were confirmed by MYCOFAST EvolutioN 2 kit or 16S rRNA sequencing. These cases indicated that mycoplasmas were probably underestimated in wound infections because they were not in suspicion. We suggest that Mycoplasma should be suspected when microorganisms are not readily observable in Gram stains but can be cultured.
