J Med Microbiol 59 (2010), 239-241; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.013110-0
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ISSN 0022-2615
Mycoplasma salivarium detected in a microbial community with Candida glabrata in the biofilm of an occluded biliary stent
Birgit Henrich1,
Marcus Schmitt2,
Nora Bergmann3,
Klaus Zanger4,
Ralf Kubitz2,
Dieter Häussinger2 and
Klaus Pfeffer1
1 Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
2 Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
3 Centre of Dentistry, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
4 Institute of Anatomy II, Clinical Centre of Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
Correspondence
Birgit Henrich
birgit.henrich{at}uni-duesseldorf.de
Klaus Pfeffer
klaus.pfeffer{at}uni-duesseldorf.de
Received May 29, 2009
Accepted October 8, 2009
Mycoplasma salivarium, preferentially an inhabitant of the human oral cavity, has rarely been found in other locations associated with disease. We describe here, for what is believed to be the first time, the detection of M. salivarium, together with Candida glabrata, in an occluded biliary stent of an icteric, cholestatic patient.
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