Disseminated Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection presenting with polyarthritis and endocarditis

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK; University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
• ² Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
• ³ Respiratory and Vaccine Preventable Bacteria Reference Unit, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, London, UK.
• ⁴ Microbiology and Infection Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
• ⁵ Department of Haematology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
• ⁷ Department of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
• ⁸ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK; University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: Mz207@le.ac.uk.