Chryseobacterium meningosepticum infection and cardiac tamponade in a long-term hemodialysis patient.
Am J Kidney Dis
; 48(4): e49-53, 2006 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-16997045
ABSTRACT
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.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pericarditis
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Taponamiento Cardíaco
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Diálisis Renal
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Chryseobacterium
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Infecciones por Flavobacteriaceae
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Kidney Dis
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Tailandia