Mediastinitis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in immunocompetent patients: A case series report and literature review
The diagnosis of extragenital <i>M. hominis</i> infections is difficult. Therefore, the role of <i>M. hominis</i> as a cause of postoperative infections during cardiac surgery should be considered. Diagnosis requires molecular techniques to complement culture.
Authors
- Hongchao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8367-1464)
- Anfeng Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2795-8978)
- Tingting Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7396-2276)
- Fang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-6219)
- Yan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1796-7555)
- Qing Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3744-9402)
- Qing Zhan
Institutions
- Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Westlake University, School of Medicine (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heliyon
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39763
- Primary Topic
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Zhejiang University
- National Key Research and Development Program of China