Disseminated pyogenic Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in a renal transplant recipient, detected by broad-range polymerase chain reaction

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Nov 1;39(9):e98-9. doi: 10.1086/425125. Epub 2004 Oct 7.

Abstract

Although extrapulmonary manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection are generally immune-mediated, disseminated infections occasionally occur. We describe a renal transplant recipient who developed disseminated pyogenic M. pneumoniae infection that was detected by broad-range polymerase chain reaction and that manifested by prosthetic arterial graft infection, psoas abscess, and septic arthritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Psoas Abscess / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents