Clostridium myonecrosis — a rare and underdiagnosed condition in the elderly: a case with severe skipping lesions and an overview of treatment guidelines

We present an unusual and severe case of spontaneous clostridial myonecrosis (SCM) in an elderly patient, with severe skipping lesions spread throughout the body. CT imaging, combined with postmortem available blood cultures, confirmed the diagnosis. We noted an underrepresentation of SCM in the coh...

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Autores principales: Van Asbroeck, Ellen, Vasileiadou, Ourania, De Laere, Sylvie, Van Hedent, Eddy, Devue, Katleen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9533516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36199023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-022-00458-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9533516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36199023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-022-00458-w

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