ACINETOBACTER PERICARDITIS WITH TAMPONADE IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

We describe a case of active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compli cated with a large amount of pericardial effusion with diastolic colla pse of right ventricle suggestive of tamponade. Isolates from surgical drainage of pericardial fluid showed Acinetobacter baumannii exhibiti ng multiple antibiotics resistance. Despite the high frequency of both pericardial involvement and of infection complications in SLE, septic pericarditis and tamponade is considered rare. Most of the reported c ases of septic pericarditis in SLE were due to Staphylococcal aureus, and Acinetobacter boumannii has never been reported before.