Closing the Brief Case: Mycoplasma hominis Extragenital Abscess
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Answer: b. Extragenital M. hominis infections classically occur in patients who present with hypogammaglobulinemia, have received a solid-organ transplant, or recently undergone surgery (postoperative infections). There is no literature precedent for an association between neutropenia, obesity
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1070-633X', '1098-660X', '0095-1137']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.02344-20