60-year-old male with rapidly progressive pneumocephalus caused by Clostridium septicum in the setting of an occult colonic adenocarcinoma

BACKGROUND: Disseminated Clostridium septicum infection is an uncommon complication associated with malignancies, particular colonic adenocarcinoma. The organism appears to preferentially colonize large masses in rare individuals and subsequently seed the blood via mucosal ulceration. This has rarel...

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Autores principales: Helmink, Austin J., Wahlig, Taylor A., Fey, Paul D., Chen, Jie, Foster, Kirk W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10061804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36997864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08160-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10061804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36997864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08160-9

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