Rare Spiroplasma Bloodstream Infection in Patient after Surgery, China, 2022

Abstract

We report a case of Spiroplasma bloodstream infection in a patient in China who developed pulmonary infection, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and septic shock after emergency surgery for type A aortic dissection. One organism closely related to Spiroplasma eriocheiris was isolated from blood culture and identified by whole-genome sequencing.

Keywords

• Spiroplasma
• bloodstream
• infection
• surgery
• China
• bacteria