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Late-onset prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Mycoplasma hominis, diagnosed using broad-range bacterial PCR.

Jamil, H A; Sandoe, J A T; Gascoyne-Binzi, D; Chalker, V J; Simms, A D; Munsch, C M; Baig, M W.

J Med Microbiol ; 61(Pt 2): 300-301, 2012 Feb.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21997872

ABSTRACT

We report what is believed to be the first case of late-onset prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Mycoplasma hominis in a case of blood culture-negative endocarditis. The objective of this report is to emphasize the use of a broad-range PCR technique for bacterial 16S rRNA genes in identifying the causative pathogen, thus enabling targeted antimicrobial treatment.

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Endocarditis, Bacterial/diagnosis , Mycoplasma Infections/diagnosis , Mycoplasma hominis/isolation & purification , Prosthesis-Related Infections/diagnosis , Adult , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry , DNA, Ribosomal/genetics , Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology , Endocarditis, Bacterial/pathology , Humans , Male , Mycoplasma Infections/microbiology , Mycoplasma Infections/pathology , Mycoplasma hominis/genetics , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Prosthesis-Related Infections/microbiology , Prosthesis-Related Infections/pathology , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA

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