Botulism-like symptoms in an immunocompetent patient with Clostridium subterminale bacteremia

Clostridium subterminale is a low virulence species of Clostridium that is an infrequent cause of human infections. We report a case of C. subterminale bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient who developed botulism-like symptoms.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Carrasquillo, Marytere, Dever, Lisa L., Sonyey, Alexandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29619329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.01.014
Descripción
Sumario:Clostridium subterminale is a low virulence species of Clostridium that is an infrequent cause of human infections. We report a case of C. subterminale bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient who developed botulism-like symptoms.

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