Mycoplasma hominis Induces Mediastinitis after a Tonsillar Abscess

Abstract

Mycoplasma hominis is commonly involved in genitourinary tract infections. We report a 59-year-old man who developed a M. hominis-associated mediastinitis following acute tonsillar infection.

Soft-tissue infection due to Mycoplasma hominis

“…It is generally responsible for pelvic inflammatory illnesses, post-partum and neonatal [ 1 ], or genital trauma related infections [ 2 ]. The infections outside the genitourinary tract occur rarely, but M. hominis has been reported to cause different kind of deep tissue infection, including mediastinitis [ 3 ], endocarditis [ 4 ], abscesses (perirectal [ 5 ], perinephric [ 6 ], brain [ 7 ], periaortic [ 8 ], multiple intrabdominal [ 9 ]) and bacteremia [ 1 ], particularly in postoperative patients [ 10 ], transplant patients [ 8 ] and immunocompromised patients [ 11 ], althoug it may be underestimated.…”