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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 17: 495-496
© 2002 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Case Report

Mycoplasma hominis infection in renal transplantation

Myriam Pastural1, Vincent Audard1, Marie-Pierre Bralet2, Philippe Rémy1, Laurent Salomon3, Jacques Tankovic4, Christian Brun Buisson5 and Philippe Lang1,

Services de 1 Néphrologie, 2 Pathologie, 3 Urologie, 4 Bacteriologie-Virologie and 5 Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris XII, Créteil, France

Keywords: graft loss; infection; kidney transplantation; Mycoplasma hominis



   Introduction
 
Mycoplasma hominis is a common inhabitant of the human genital tract. M. hominis has been recognized as an extragenital pathogen and is associated with immunosuppression in 50% of reported cases [1]. We report a case of M. hominis infection associated with graft loss in a renal transplant recipient. Current literature on M. hominis infection in renal transplantation is also reviewed.



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A 30-year-old man received his first renal transplant in 1999, after 8 years on intermittent haemodialysis for renal failure secondary to Goodpasture's syndrome. The donor was an 18-year-old man. Immunosuppressive therapy . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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