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Successful treatment of post-neurosurgical intracranial Mycoplasma hominis infection using gatifloxacin.

Author(s): McCarthy KL, Looke DF

Affiliation(s): Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Taringa, QLD 4068, Australia. kate_mccarthy@snp.com.au

Publication date & source: 2008-10, J Infect., 57(4):344-6. Epub 2008 Aug 15.

Publication type: Case Reports

We describe two cases of intracerebral infection with Mycoplasma hominis following neurosurgery, the first after removal of a colloid cyst, the other after a craniotomy following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). Both infections were successfully treated with parenteral gatifloxacin, with ongoing clindamycin or moxifloxacin for associated osteomyelitis.

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