Bacteremia caused by Clostridium symbiosum

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Sep;42(9):4390-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4390-4392.2004.

Abstract

We describe a fatal case of Clostridium symbiosum bacteremia in a 70-year-old man with metastatic colon cancer. Our report is the first, in the world literature, of human infection caused by this microorganism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Clostridium / classification*
  • Clostridium / isolation & purification
  • Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / complications
  • Colonic Neoplasms / microbiology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Phylogeny

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY552789