Clostridium subterminale septicemia in an immunocompetent patient

Clostridium subterminale is a Clostridium species that has been rarely isolated in the blood of immunocompromised patients. We report a case of C. subterminale septicemia in an immunocompetent patient who presented with acute mediastinitis following spontaneous esophageal rupture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Daganou, Maria, Kyriakoudi, Ann, Moraitou, Helen, Pontikis, Konstantinos, Avgeropoulou, Stavrina, Tripolitsioti, Paraskevi, Koutsoukou, Antonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4954936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27478764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.06.005
Descripción
Sumario:Clostridium subterminale is a Clostridium species that has been rarely isolated in the blood of immunocompromised patients. We report a case of C. subterminale septicemia in an immunocompetent patient who presented with acute mediastinitis following spontaneous esophageal rupture.

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