Morganella morganii pericarditis 3 years after allogenic bone marrow transplantation for mantle cell lymphoma

J Infect. 2006 Nov;53(5):e223-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.02.001. Epub 2006 Mar 29.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / immunology
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / therapy
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / immunology
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Morganella morganii / isolation & purification*
  • Pericarditis / microbiology*
  • Pericarditis / therapy
  • Splenectomy
  • Suppuration
  • Transplantation, Homologous