“…Several infectious agents have been reported to cause spontaneous splenic rupture, including Plasmodium species [6], cytomegalovirus [7], Epstein-Barr virus [8], Coxiella species [9], Bartonella species [10], murine typhus [11], Staphylococcus species [12], and Streptococcus species [13]. Interestingly, splenic rupture resulting from bloodstream infection does not always appear to be associated with splenomegaly [13].…”