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

GÜLCAN KERSİN, SİNEM; BOZAN, TURGUT; Ozdemir, HÜLYA; BİLGEN, HÜLYA; Soyletir, Guner; MEMİŞOĞLU, ASLI; ÖZEK, EREN

doi:10.24953/turkjped.2020.02.015

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

GÜLCAN KERSİN S., BOZAN T., Ozdemir H., BİLGEN H. S., Soyletir G., MEMİŞOĞLU A., ...Daha Fazla

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.62, sa.2, ss.280-283, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 62 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2020
Doi Numarası: 10.24953/turkjped.2020.02.015
Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.280-283
Anahtar Kelimeler: Mycoplasma hominis, newborn, meningitis, neonate, preterm, INFECTION, INFANT
Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.