Stomatococcus mucilaginosus meningitis in a patient with multiple myeloma following autologous stem cell transplantation.
Bacterial meningitis is an unusual complication of bone marrow transplantation. We report a case of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus meningitis in a patient with multiple myeloma shortly after an autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant. The infection resolved with a combination of intravenous penicillin G and chloramphenicol, and intrathecal vancomycin.
Abraham
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Jean Marie Colbert Bone Marrow Transplant Center, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA.
Bilgrami
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Dorsky
D
D
Edwards
R L
RL
Feingold
J
J
Hill
D R
DR
Tutschka
P J
PJ
D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D008837:Micrococcus; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000628:therapy*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous