First human case of severe septicaemia associated with Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum infection

Martin Heller; Rosemarie Schwarz; Gerhard Noe; Joerg Jores; Anne Fischer; Evelyn Schubert; Konrad Sachse

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First human case of severe septicaemia associated with Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum infection

Martin Heller¹, Rosemarie Schwarz², Gerhard Noe³, Joerg Jores⁴, Anne Fischer⁴, Evelyn Schubert¹, Konrad Sachse¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Naumburger Strasse 96a, 07743 Jena, Germany ² Labor Limbach, Im Breitspiel 15, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany ³ Evangelische Kliniken, Waldstrasse 73, 53177 Bonn, Germany ⁴ International Livestock Research Institute, Old Naivasha Road, PO Box 30709, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Correspondence Konrad Sachse [email protected]
First Published: 09 October 2015 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000101

Abstract

Introduction:

The bacterium Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum is known as a pathogen in goats. There have been no reports on a zoonotic potential so far.

Case presentation:

A case of septicaemia and meningoencephalitis in a 62-year-old patient has been associated with infection by M. capricolum subsp. capricolum. No other infectious agent could be detected.

Conclusion:

Although it was impossible to identify the source of infection, coincidental contact with small ruminants or consumption of food products from goats during a tourist trip may have played a role.

Received: 17/04/2015
Accepted: 29/08/2015
Published Online: 09/10/2015

This is an Open Access article published by the Microbiology Society under the Creative Commons Attribution License

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