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.
Yang
Zhi-Tao
ZT
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, René Descartes Paris-5 University Medical School, Paris, France.
Lecuit
Marc
M
Suarez
Felipe
F
Carbonnelle
Etienne
E
Viard
Jean-Paul
JP
Dupont
Bertrand
B
Buzyn
Agnès
A
Lortholary
Olivier
O
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