Recurrent Multifocal Mycoplasma orale Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report and Review. (10th August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ketchersid, Jeffrey; Scott, Jake; Lew, Thomas; Banaei, Niaz; Kappagoda, Shanthi
• Other Names: Shibata Tomoyuki Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in infectious diseases. Volume 2020(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-08-10
• Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases; Infectious Disease Medicine; Communicable diseases; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Case studies; Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1155/2020/8852115
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6625

Abstract

Abstract : A young woman with mixed connective tissue disease complicated by erosive arthritis, secondary hypogammaglobulinemia due to rituximab, and a history of many infectious complications developed multiple nonhealing wounds, polyarticular joint pain, and leukocytosis. Radiographic studies demonstrated multiple scattered areas of osteomyelitis and complex abscesses. Purulent fluid drained from multiple sites did not yield a microbiologic diagnosis by standard culture technique, but Mycoplasma orale was ultimately identified using 16 S ribosomal RNA gene amplification and sequencing. We describe this unique case and review the literature.