Recurrent Multifocal Mycoplasma orale Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report and Review

Recurrent Multifocal Mycoplasma orale Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report and Review

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A young woman with mixed connective tissue disease complicated by erosive arthritis, secondary hypogammaglobulinemia due to rituximab, and a Occurrence of geohelminths in the soil of public squares in Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazilian Western Amazon history of many infectious complications developed multiple nonhealing wounds, polyarticular joint pain, and leukocytosis.Radiographic studies demonstrated multiple scattered areas of osteomyelitis and complex abscesses.Purulent fluid drained from multiple sites did not yield a microbiologic diagnosis by standard culture technique, but Mycoplasma orale was ultimately identified using 16 S ribosomal RNA gene amplification and sequencing.

We describe this unique case and Mass Balance of Cenozoic Andes-Amazon Source to Sink System—Marañón Basin, Peru review the literature.