免疫功能低下的青少年患有脑膜炎,由Ureaplasma parvum引起

Birgitta Ehrnström1,2, Maria Schei Haugan3, Jo Bønding Andreasen2,4

  • 1Department of Infectious Diseases, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway birgitta.ehrnstrom@stolav.no.

BMJ case reports
|March 7, 2024
PubMed
概括

在一个免疫力受损的青少年中,Ureaplasma parvum引起罕见的脑膜炎. 早期的分子诊断对于在这些患者中识别难以培养的病原体至关重要.

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