Chryseobacterium meningosepticum infection and cardiac tamponade in a long-term hemodialysis patient.
Chryseobacterium meningosepticum is a lactose-nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli ubiquitously found in the natural and hospital environment. Clinical infection caused by C. meningosepticum is very rare among healthy adults. We present the case of a patient with end-stage renal disease who developed purulent pericarditis with C. meningosepticum infection, which rapidly evolved into cardiac tamponade and death. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which C. meningosepticum caused fatal purulent pericarditis in a hemodialysis patient.
Lothuvachai
Thitima
T
Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Likittanasombat
Khanchit
K
Milindankura
Samaniya
S
Sakulsaengprapha
Amporn
A
Kitiyakara
Chagriya
C
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000382:microbiology*; D045247:Chryseobacterium / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D000077731:Meropenem; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013845:Thienamycins; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D014640:Vancomycin; D000077731:Meropenem