meropenem and Cardiac-Tamponade

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.

Topics: Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cardiac Tamponade; Chryseobacterium; Ciprofloxacin; Fatal Outcome; Flavobacteriaceae Infections; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Male; Meropenem; Pericarditis; Renal Dialysis; Thienamycins; Vancomycin