Clostridium tertium bacteremia and hepatic abscess in a non-neutropenic patient

A 43-year-old previously healthy man presented with altered mental status, diaphoresis, and fevers following a ruptured appendicitis and appendectomy. The patient had growth of Clostridium tertium and Escherichia coli in blood cultures and imaging of the abdomen revealed a large hepatic abscess. Clo...

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Autores principales: Milano, Victoria, Biehle, Lauren, Patel, Shalvi, Hammer, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30976516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00510
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author Milano, Victoria
Biehle, Lauren
Patel, Shalvi
Hammer, John
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Biehle, Lauren
Patel, Shalvi
Hammer, John
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description A 43-year-old previously healthy man presented with altered mental status, diaphoresis, and fevers following a ruptured appendicitis and appendectomy. The patient had growth of Clostridium tertium and Escherichia coli in blood cultures and imaging of the abdomen revealed a large hepatic abscess. Clostridium tertium is an uncommon cause of bacteremia in non-neutropenic patients. There is currently no universally accepted treatment for Clostridium tertium bacteremia. We report successful treatment with ertapenem.
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spelling pubmed-64417612019-04-11 Clostridium tertium bacteremia and hepatic abscess in a non-neutropenic patient Milano, Victoria Biehle, Lauren Patel, Shalvi Hammer, John IDCases Article A 43-year-old previously healthy man presented with altered mental status, diaphoresis, and fevers following a ruptured appendicitis and appendectomy. The patient had growth of Clostridium tertium and Escherichia coli in blood cultures and imaging of the abdomen revealed a large hepatic abscess. Clostridium tertium is an uncommon cause of bacteremia in non-neutropenic patients. There is currently no universally accepted treatment for Clostridium tertium bacteremia. We report successful treatment with ertapenem. Elsevier 2019-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6441761/ /pubmed/30976516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00510 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Clostridium tertium bacteremia and hepatic abscess in a non-neutropenic patient
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title_short Clostridium tertium bacteremia and hepatic abscess in a non-neutropenic patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30976516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00510
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