Clostridium subterminale septicemia in a patient with esophageal cancer

Clostridium subterminale (C. subterminale) is a pathogenic species of Clostridium that has been infrequently isolated. We report a case of C. subterminale bacteremia causing sepsis in a patient with metastatic gastrointestinal malignancy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Thind, Sharanjeet K., Preis, Jana I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.06.003
Descripción
Sumario:Clostridium subterminale (C. subterminale) is a pathogenic species of Clostridium that has been infrequently isolated. We report a case of C. subterminale bacteremia causing sepsis in a patient with metastatic gastrointestinal malignancy.

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