Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3851701 | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2006 | 5 Pages |
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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Authors
Thitima MD, Khanchit MD, Samaniya MD, Amporn MD, Chagriya MD,