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.

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