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A Rare Case of Clostridium sordellii Bacteremia in an Immunocompromised Patient

Infection volume 37, pages 368–369 (2009)Cite this article

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Clostridium sordellii is a gram-positive, anaerobic sporeforming rod with peritrichous flagella that is rarely associated with disease in humans. In most cases, infections occur after trauma, childbirth and routine gynecological procedures or intravenous drug abuse. C. sordellii produce several exotoxins that lead to progressive edema and shock, and C. sordellii infections have high mortality rates of up to 70%. Since its first report in 1922, only a few cases of bacteremia have been reported. This report describes a case of C. sordellii bacteremia in a patient with rectum carcinoma and liver metastases.

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  1. Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, Ostmerheimerstr. 200, 51109, Cologne, Germany

    J. Matten & R. Schwarz

  2. Dept. of Anaesthesiology, Cologne-Holweide Medical Centre, Cologne, Germany

    V. Buechner

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Matten, J., Buechner, V. & Schwarz, R. A Rare Case of Clostridium sordellii Bacteremia in an Immunocompromised Patient. Infection 37, 368–369 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-008-8192-y

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Keywords

  • Clostridium
  • Teicoplanin
  • Tigecycline
  • Mifepristone
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome