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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1976-1978, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01849-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Ureaplasma parvum as a Cause of Sternal Wound Infection{triangledown}

Andrew Walkty,1* Evelyn Lo,2 Kanchana Manickam,3 Michelle Alfa,3 Li Xiao,4 and Ken Waites4

Infectious Diseases Fellow, University of Manitoba,1 Section of Infectious Diseases, St. Boniface Hospital,2 St. Boniface Hospital Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,3 Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama4

Received 24 September 2008/ Returned for modification 13 November 2008/ Accepted 23 March 2009

Few reports in the literature have documented the isolation of Ureaplasma species from sternal wounds. A case of sternal wound infection likely due to Ureaplasma parvum is described. When routine bacterial cultures from a sternal wound infection fail to yield a pathogen, diagnostic testing for mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas should be considered.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 507-585 River Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 2S9, Canada. Phone: (204) 453-3867. Fax: (204) 787-4699. E-mail: AWalkty{at}mts.net

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 15 April 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1976-1978, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01849-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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