title: Stomatococcus mucilaginosus meningitis in a patient with multiple myeloma following autologous stem cell transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Jean Marie Colbert Bone Marrow Transplant Center, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilgrami
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dorsky
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feingold
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Tutschka
mesh_terms: 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