Brain abscess caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum in an adult patient

Philipp Deetjen; Christoph Maurer; Andreas Rank; Ansgar Berlis; Sören Schubert; Reinhard Hoffmann

doi:10.1128/JCM.02990-13

Brain abscess caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum in an adult patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Feb;52(2):695-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02990-13. Epub 2013 Dec 11.

Authors

Philipp Deetjen¹, Christoph Maurer, Andreas Rank, Ansgar Berlis, Sören Schubert, Reinhard Hoffmann

Affiliation

¹ Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.

Abstract

Ureaplasma urealyticum is a fastidious bacterium usually residing in the female genitourinary tract. We present an exceedingly complicated case of a brain abscess secondary to mastoiditis by U. urealyticum in an adult hypogammaglobulinemic patient after rituximab treatment 3 years earlier.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Agammaglobulinemia / complications*
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / adverse effects
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / therapeutic use
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology
Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
Brain Abscess / microbiology
Brain Abscess / pathology*
Female
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mastoiditis / complications*
Radiography
Rituximab
Tomography
Ureaplasma Infections / diagnosis*
Ureaplasma Infections / microbiology
Ureaplasma Infections / pathology*
Ureaplasma urealyticum / isolation & purification*
Young Adult

Substances

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
Immunosuppressive Agents
Rituximab