Necrotizing Clostridium subterminale infection with an odontogenic origin

Clostridium subterminale is an anaerobic spore-forming bacterium rarely isolated in human infections. This case study presents a necrotizing C. subterminale infection stemming from a dental abscess that progressed into sepsis, a small pericardial effusion, moderate bilateral pulmonary effusions, and...

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Autores principales: Grodzin, Charles J., Henderson, Edward B., Velasquez, Alvaro, Smith-Farmer, Soraya, Gebreyonas, Samuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8808049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35127448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01416
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author Grodzin, Charles J.
Henderson, Edward B.
Velasquez, Alvaro
Smith-Farmer, Soraya
Gebreyonas, Samuel
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description Clostridium subterminale is an anaerobic spore-forming bacterium rarely isolated in human infections. This case study presents a necrotizing C. subterminale infection stemming from a dental abscess that progressed into sepsis, a small pericardial effusion, moderate bilateral pulmonary effusions, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The management of the infection, along with other relevant cases is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-88080492022-02-04 Necrotizing Clostridium subterminale infection with an odontogenic origin Grodzin, Charles J. Henderson, Edward B. Velasquez, Alvaro Smith-Farmer, Soraya Gebreyonas, Samuel IDCases Case Report Clostridium subterminale is an anaerobic spore-forming bacterium rarely isolated in human infections. This case study presents a necrotizing C. subterminale infection stemming from a dental abscess that progressed into sepsis, a small pericardial effusion, moderate bilateral pulmonary effusions, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The management of the infection, along with other relevant cases is discussed. Elsevier 2022-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8808049/ /pubmed/35127448 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01416 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8808049/
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