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