Clostridium subterminale septicemia in an immunocompetent patient

Daganou Maria; Kyriakoudi Ann; Moraitou Helen; Pontikis Konstantinos; Avgeropoulou Stavrina; Tripolitsioti Paraskevi; Koutsoukou Antonia

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2016.06.005

IDCases (Jan 2016)

Clostridium subterminale septicemia in an immunocompetent patient

Daganou Maria,
Kyriakoudi Ann,
Moraitou Helen,
Pontikis Konstantinos,
Avgeropoulou Stavrina,
Tripolitsioti Paraskevi,
Koutsoukou Antonia

Affiliations

Daganou Maria: ICU First Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece
Kyriakoudi Ann: ICU First Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece
Moraitou Helen: Microbiology Department, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece
Pontikis Konstantinos: ICU First Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece
Avgeropoulou Stavrina: ICU First Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece
Tripolitsioti Paraskevi: ICU First Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece
Koutsoukou Antonia: ICU First Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.06.005
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. C
pp. 43 – 45

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Clostridium subterminale is a Clostridium species that has been rarely isolated in the blood of immunocompromised patients. We report a case of C. subterminale septicemia in an immunocompetent patient who presented with acute mediastinitis following spontaneous esophageal rupture.

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ISSN: 2214-2509 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/idcases/

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