Clostridium bifermentans is a rare pathogen in humans. A fatal case of fulminant endometritis with toxic shock and capillary leak secondary to C bifermentans infection in a young woman is described, and this is compared to all 13 previously described cases of C bifermentans infection.
Keywords: Clostridium bifermentans; Clostridium sordellii; capillary leak; hyperleukocytosis; toxic shock syndrome.