A case report of fracture-related infection with <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> in an immunocompetent patient
<p>We report a case of post-traumatic <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> fracture-related infection of the right femur in a young male with no identified immunodeficiency. Treatment required multiple washouts and femoral nail revision, combined with 10 weeks of treatment with doxycyclin...
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| author | K. Gokani P. Balasubramanian E. Matthews D. Samarasinghe |
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| description | <p>We report a case of post-traumatic <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> fracture-related infection of the right femur in a young male with no identified immunodeficiency. Treatment required multiple washouts and femoral nail revision, combined with 10 weeks of treatment with doxycycline and clindamycin.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e995c6d1c4bc4ed5854bb3689d4a303e2025-08-20T02:19:11ZengCopernicus PublicationsJournal of Bone and Joint Infection2206-35522024-12-01927127510.5194/jbji-9-271-2024A case report of fracture-related infection with <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> in an immunocompetent patientK. Gokani0P. Balasubramanian1E. Matthews2D. Samarasinghe3Microbiology department, Imperial College London Healthcare NHS trust, London, W2 1NY, UKOrthopaedics department, Imperial College London Healthcare NHS trust, London, W2 1NY, UKOrthopaedics department, Imperial College London Healthcare NHS trust, London, W2 1NY, UKMicrobiology department, Imperial College London Healthcare NHS trust, London, W2 1NY, UK<p>We report a case of post-traumatic <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> fracture-related infection of the right femur in a young male with no identified immunodeficiency. Treatment required multiple washouts and femoral nail revision, combined with 10 weeks of treatment with doxycycline and clindamycin.</p>https://jbji.copernicus.org/articles/9/271/2024/jbji-9-271-2024.pdf |
| spellingShingle | K. Gokani P. Balasubramanian E. Matthews D. Samarasinghe A case report of fracture-related infection with <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> in an immunocompetent patient Journal of Bone and Joint Infection |
| title | A case report of fracture-related infection with <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_full | A case report of fracture-related infection with <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_fullStr | A case report of fracture-related infection with <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case report of fracture-related infection with <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_short | A case report of fracture-related infection with <i>Metamycoplasma hominis</i> in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_sort | case report of fracture related infection with i metamycoplasma hominis i in an immunocompetent patient |
| url | https://jbji.copernicus.org/articles/9/271/2024/jbji-9-271-2024.pdf |
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