A case report of Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

H Pailhoriès; V Rabier; M Eveillard; C Mahaza; M-L Joly-Guillou; J-M Chennebault; M Kempf; C Lemarié

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2014.08.004

A case report of Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Int J Infect Dis. 2014 Dec:29:166-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.08.004. Epub 2014 Oct 24.

Authors

H Pailhoriès¹, V Rabier², M Eveillard¹, C Mahaza¹, M-L Joly-Guillou¹, J-M Chennebault², M Kempf³, C Lemarié¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers cedex, France.
² Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers, France.
³ Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé - PBH, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers cedex, France. Electronic address: makempf@chu-angers.fr.

PMID: 25449252
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.08.004

Abstract

We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess occurring after a cranial trauma, which was identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). The presence of colonies on classic blood agar plates and the use of MALDI-TOF MS, a valuable diagnostic tool that identified M. hominis due to its presence in the VITEK MS database, allowed the rapid diagnosis of this infection.

Keywords: Cranial abscess; MALDI TOF identification; Mycoplasma hominis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Mycoplasma Infections / diagnosis*
Mycoplasma hominis*
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization