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Mycoplasma hominis pericarditis in a lung transplant recipient: review of the literature about an uncommon but important cardiothoracic pathogen
Transplant Infectious Disease, 10/14/09

Mitsani D et al. – Purulent pericarditis due to Mycoplasma hominis is rare, and is usually associated with mediastinitis or pleuritis following cardiothoracic surgery. The authors report the first case of isolated purulent pericarditis caused by M. hominis in a lung transplant recipient and review previously reported cases of this disease.

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