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    J Infect. 2006 Nov;53(5):e223-5. Epub 2006 Mar 29.

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

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    Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, René Descartes Paris-5 University Medical School, Paris, France.

    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.

    PMID:
    16569434
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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