Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1999)

Empyema Caused by Clostridium difficile

  • Darren A Hudson,
  • A Patrick Gibb,
  • M John Gill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/1999/968940
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 170 – 171

Abstract

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Extraintestinal infections of Clostridium difficile are rare and often associated with underlying disorders. A case of empyema caused by aspiration of C difficile in a patient with carcinoid syndrome and C difficile colitis is described.