Distant myonecrosis by atraumatic Clostridium septicum infection in a patient with metastatic breast cancer

Clostridium septicum is an anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus known to cause myonecrosis, also known as gas gangrene, a life-threatening necrotizing soft tissue infection. Though it accounts for just 1 % of all infections attributable to Clostridia spp., C. septicum is a highly virulent and aggressiv...

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Autores principales: Gray, Kelsey M., Padilla, Pablo L., Sparks, Blake, Dziewulski, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7218154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32420030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00784

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7218154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32420030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00784

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