Clinical and laboratory awareness for an under recognized pathogen in newborn meningitis: Mycoplasma Hominis: a case report

Background. Mycoplasma hominis is a well-known bacterium colonizing the genito-urinary tract. It may cause pneumonia, bacteremia, abscesses, chronic lung disease, and rarely meningitis during the newborn period. Case. A preterm infant with a birth weight of 885 grams was born at 27 wee...

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Main Authors: Sinem Gülcan Kersin, Turgut Bozan, Hülya Özdemir, Hülya Selva Bilgen, Güner Söyletir, Aslı Memişoğlu, Eren Özek
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2020-04-01
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Turgut Bozan
Hülya Özdemir
Hülya Selva Bilgen
Güner Söyletir
Aslı Memişoğlu
Eren Özek
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Turgut Bozan
Hülya Özdemir
Hülya Selva Bilgen
Güner Söyletir
Aslı Memişoğlu
Eren Özek
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description Background. Mycoplasma hominis is a well-known bacterium colonizing the genito-urinary tract. It may cause pneumonia, bacteremia, abscesses, chronic lung disease, and rarely meningitis during the newborn period. Case. A preterm infant with a birth weight of 885 grams was born at 27 weeks of gestation and had respiratory distress syndrome needing mechanical ventilation. Spontaneous intestinal perforation and grade four intraventricular hemorrhage was diagnosed on day three. Conclusion. M. hominis was accepted as the causative agent of meningitis in this case report.
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spelling doaj-art-eb041b71fab14b65bc9f739b063a701c2025-08-20T03:16:22ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212020-04-0162210.24953/turkjped.2020.02.015Clinical and laboratory awareness for an under recognized pathogen in newborn meningitis: Mycoplasma Hominis: a case reportSinem Gülcan Kersin0Turgut Bozan1Hülya Özdemir2Hülya Selva Bilgen3Güner Söyletir4Aslı Memişoğlu5Eren Özek6Division of Neonatology, Departments of Pediatrics, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Department of Medical Microbiology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Division of Neonatology, Departments of Pediatrics, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Division of Neonatology, Departments of Pediatrics, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Department of Medical Microbiology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Division of Neonatology, Departments of Pediatrics, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Division of Neonatology, Departments of Pediatrics, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey. Background. Mycoplasma hominis is a well-known bacterium colonizing the genito-urinary tract. It may cause pneumonia, bacteremia, abscesses, chronic lung disease, and rarely meningitis during the newborn period. Case. A preterm infant with a birth weight of 885 grams was born at 27 weeks of gestation and had respiratory distress syndrome needing mechanical ventilation. Spontaneous intestinal perforation and grade four intraventricular hemorrhage was diagnosed on day three. Conclusion. M. hominis was accepted as the causative agent of meningitis in this case report. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/443Mycoplasma hominismeningitisneonatenewbornpreterm
spellingShingle Sinem Gülcan Kersin
Turgut Bozan
Hülya Özdemir
Hülya Selva Bilgen
Güner Söyletir
Aslı Memişoğlu
Eren Özek
Clinical and laboratory awareness for an under recognized pathogen in newborn meningitis: Mycoplasma Hominis: a case report
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Mycoplasma hominis
meningitis
neonate
newborn
preterm
title Clinical and laboratory awareness for an under recognized pathogen in newborn meningitis: Mycoplasma Hominis: a case report
title_full Clinical and laboratory awareness for an under recognized pathogen in newborn meningitis: Mycoplasma Hominis: a case report
title_fullStr Clinical and laboratory awareness for an under recognized pathogen in newborn meningitis: Mycoplasma Hominis: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Clinical and laboratory awareness for an under recognized pathogen in newborn meningitis: Mycoplasma Hominis: a case report
title_short Clinical and laboratory awareness for an under recognized pathogen in newborn meningitis: Mycoplasma Hominis: a case report
title_sort clinical and laboratory awareness for an under recognized pathogen in newborn meningitis mycoplasma hominis a case report
topic Mycoplasma hominis
meningitis
neonate
newborn
preterm
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/443
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