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There may be more than meets the eye with Clostridium perfringens bacteremia

We present the case of an 89-year-old man with a 1 month history of fevers and fatigue. Blood cultures were positive for Clostridium perfringens. The patient had worsening abdominal distension in which an abdominal computed tomography scan uncovered a colonic mass, and further work-up revealed poorl...

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Autores principales: Melnick, Stephen, Nazir, Salik, Chwiecko, Brian, Lloyd, Benjamin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28638580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1327793