Case Report: Deep sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery
Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery is very rare and easily overlooked. This paper reports the case of a patient with DSWI after cardiac surgery. The patient had an unexplained fever postoperatively. On the seventh day after surgery, the incision op...
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| description | Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery is very rare and easily overlooked. This paper reports the case of a patient with DSWI after cardiac surgery. The patient had an unexplained fever postoperatively. On the seventh day after surgery, the incision opened, and there was pus leakage. On the 11th day after surgery, the pus culture indicated Mycoplasma hominis infection. The patient was cured after treatment with omadacycline and secondary surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8dce975b41824bf49411cdd2a2c00dbe2025-08-20T01:50:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine2297-055X2025-05-011210.3389/fcvm.2025.15383891538389Case Report: Deep sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgeryZhaohui Wang0Yong Shi1Yu Chen2Lijun Chen3Department of Department of Cardiac Surgery, Affiliated Dong Yang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dong Yang, Zhejiang, ChinaDepartment of Department of Cardiac Surgery, Affiliated Dong Yang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dong Yang, Zhejiang, ChinaDepartment of Ultrasonography, Affiliated Dong Yang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dong Yang, Zhejiang, ChinaDepartment of Department of Cardiac Surgery, Affiliated Dong Yang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dong Yang, Zhejiang, ChinaDeep sternal wound infection (DSWI) caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery is very rare and easily overlooked. This paper reports the case of a patient with DSWI after cardiac surgery. The patient had an unexplained fever postoperatively. On the seventh day after surgery, the incision opened, and there was pus leakage. On the 11th day after surgery, the pus culture indicated Mycoplasma hominis infection. The patient was cured after treatment with omadacycline and secondary surgery.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2025.1538389/fullMycoplasma hominisdeep mediastinitiscardiac surgeryomadacyclineDSWI |
| spellingShingle | Zhaohui Wang Yong Shi Yu Chen Lijun Chen Case Report: Deep sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Mycoplasma hominis deep mediastinitis cardiac surgery omadacycline DSWI |
| title | Case Report: Deep sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery |
| title_full | Case Report: Deep sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery |
| title_fullStr | Case Report: Deep sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Deep sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery |
| title_short | Case Report: Deep sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery |
| title_sort | case report deep sternal wound infection caused by mycoplasma hominis after cardiac surgery |
| topic | Mycoplasma hominis deep mediastinitis cardiac surgery omadacycline DSWI |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2025.1538389/full |
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