Pneumococcal pericarditis with cardiac tamponade in a patient with chronic graft-versus-host disease

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-300

  Perez Retortillo J A ^a   Marco, F ^a   Richard, C ^a   Conde, E ^a   Manjon R ^a   Bureo, E ^a   Iriondo, A ^a   Zubizarreta, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BMT; Cardiac tamponade; GVHD; Pericarditis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 2642614529     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701072     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Wingard JR. Advances in the management of infectious complications after bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 1990; 6: 371-383.
2. Momin F, Chandrasekar PH. Antimicrobial prophylaxis in bone marrow transplantation. Ann Intern Med 1995; 123: 205-215.
3. Feneley MP, Lim CA. Cardiac complications. In: Atkinson K (ed.). Clinical Bone Marrow Transplantation. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1994, pp 475-479.
4. Cazin B, Gorin NC, Laporte JP et al. Cardiac complications after bone marrow transplantation: a report on a series of 63 consecutive transplantations. Cancer 1986; 57: 2061-2069.
5. Seber A, Khan SP, Kersey JH. Unexplained effusions: association with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation and acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease. Bone Marrow Transplant 1996; 17: 207-211.
6. Einsele H, Ehinger G, Vallbracht A et al. Isolated pericardial relapse following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia. Bone Marrow Transplant 1989; 4: 323-325.
7. Schwartz DA. Aspergillus pancarditis following bone marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Chest 1989; 95: 1338-1339.
8. Scerpella EG, Whimbey EE, Champlin RE, Rodey GP. Pericarditis associated with Legionnaires' disease in a bone marrow transplant recipient. Clin Infect Dis 1994; 19: 1168-1170.
9. Schwella N, Schwerdtfeger R, Schmidt-Wolf I et al. Pneumococcal arthritis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 1993; 12: 165-166.
10. D'Antonio D, Di Bartolomeo P, Iacone A et al. Meningitis due to penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease. Bone Marrow Transplant 1992; 9: 299-300.
11. Atkinson K. Chronic graft-versus-host disease. In: Atkinson K (ed.). Clinical Bone Marrow Transplantation. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1994, pp 312-324.