Clostridium tertium isolated from gas gangrene wound; misidentified as Lactobacillus spp initially due to aerotolerant feature

Anaerobe

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 161-165

  Fujitani, Shigeki ^a   Liu, Chengxu X ^a   Finegold, Sydney M ^a   Song, Yuli L ^a   Mathisen, Glenn E ^b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerotolerance; Clostridium tertium; Gas gangrene; Lactobacillus; Myonecrosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA 16S; FORMALDEHYDE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHEMA; GAS GANGRENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LEG SWELLING; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SYMPTOM;

BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GAS GANGRENE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND INFECTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; PEPTONIPHILUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547931819     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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