Fulminating septic shock from Clostridium perfringens in an early breast cancer patient with severe myalgia after docetaxel treatment

Anaerobic bacteraemia could be a life-threatening condition in neutropenic patients receiving chemotherapy. Taxane therapy is associated with necrotising inflammation of the caecum (named also typhlitis) that could be a potential source for bacteraemia. We report the case of a sudden onset of septic...

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Autores principales: Minisini, Alessandro Marco, Menis, Jessica, Follador, Alessandro, Avellini, Claudio, Fasola, Gianpiero
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765295
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e33

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765295
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e33

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