Lucas S. Blanton

Extragenital Mycoplasma hominis infection following obinutuzumab therapy in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Mycoplasma hominis is a fastidious, cell wall-deficient bacterium that typically colonizes the genitourinary tract but can cause invasive extragenital infections in immunocompromised hosts. Such infections have been reported primarily in patients receiving rituximab; however, they have not been previously described wit...