Necrotizing Clostridium subterminale infection with an odontogenic origin
Charles J. Grodzin,
Edward B. Henderson,
Alvaro Velasquez,
Soraya Smith-Farmer,
Samuel Gebreyonas
Affiliations
Charles J. Grodzin
Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University Hospital Midtown, 550 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA
Edward B. Henderson
Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University Hospital, 1365 Clifton Rd NE Building C, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Correspondence to: PO Box 3610, Decatur, GA 30030, USA.
Alvaro Velasquez
Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University Hospital Midtown, 550 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA
Soraya Smith-Farmer
Department of Critical Care Medicine Intensive Care Unit, Emory University Hospital Midtown, 550 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA
Samuel Gebreyonas
Department of Critical Care Medicine Intensive Care Unit, Emory University Hospital Midtown, 550 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA
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.
