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Following the COVID-19 infection, the sternum dislocation and wound dehiscence resulted in an infection complicating the recovery of an immunosuppressed patient after bilateral lung transplantation. Anaerobic culture (96 h) of milky cloudy wound secretion resulted in the growth of pinpoint haemolytic colonies identified as Metamycoplasma hominis (formerly Mycoplasma hominis). The search for the endogenous source of the infection found the bacterium exclusively in the patient’s sputum, making a possible link to donor lung M. hominis colonization. Unfortunately, the donor samples were no longer available. The wound infection was successfully treated with 17 days of clindamycin despite the continuous PCR detection of M. hominis in the sputum after the end of the treatment.
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The authors would like to thank Mr Jan Suchan (National Institute of Public Health, Czech Republic), who carried out the TEM analysis, and all the laboratory technicians for their indispensable role.
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Kantor, J., Tkadlec, J., Hurych, J. et al. A rare case of postoperative Metamycoplasma hominis surgical site infection in a patient after bilateral lung transplantation. Folia Microbiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-024-01160-5
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