Morganella morganii pericarditis 3 years after allogenic bone marrow transplantation for mantle cell lymphoma.
We report herein a case of Morganella morganii-associated acute purulent pericarditis that developed 3 years after allogenic bone marrow transplantation. The patient was successfully treated with surgical drainage and cefotaxime for 6 weeks. Splenectomy and immunosuppression for chronic GVH-D are likely to have favored the development of this rare infectious complication after BMT. M. morganii should be added to the list of bacteria causing purulent pericarditis, especially in immunocompromised hosts.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, René Descartes Paris-5 University Medical School, Paris, France.
Zhi-Tao
ZT
Yang
Marc
M
Lecuit
Felipe
F
Suarez
Etienne
E
Carbonnelle
Jean-Paul
JP
Viard
Bertrand
B
Dupont
Agnès
A
Buzyn
Olivier
O
Lortholary
D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D020522:Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020613:Morganella morganii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013156:Splenectomy; D013492:Suppuration; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous