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Bacterial meningitis is an unusual complication of bone marrow transplantation. We report a case of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus meningitis in a patient with multiple myeloma shortly after an autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant. The infection resolved with a combination of intravenous penicillin G and chloramphenicol, and intrathecal vancomycin.
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Abraham, J., Bilgrami, S., Dorsky, D. et al. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus meningitis in a patient with multiple myeloma following autologous stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 19, 639–641 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1700701
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