A case of Ureaplasma parvum meningitis in an adult after transphenoidal ablation of craniopharyngioma

Ureaplasma species, including human pathogens Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum, are small spherical-shaped bacteria, lacking cell-wall, colonizers of the genito-urinary tract (Waites and B ébéar, 2019). In adults, these bacteria are mostly responsible for uro-genital infections (Waites and Bébéar, 2019). Infections outside the genital tract are unusual in adults, and few cases have been reported, especially in immunocompromised patients: intrarenal abscesses (Eilers et al., 2007), aortic graft infections (Levi et al., 1995), mediastinitis, pleuritis and pericarditis (García-de-la-Fuente et al., 2008) or sternal wound infections (Walkty et al., 2009).
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research