Clostridium septicum myonecrosis complicating diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1171-1175

  Hunley, Tracy E ^a   Spring, Michele D ^b   Peters, Timothy R ^c   Weikert, Douglas R ^d   Jabs, Kathy ^a  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

STEC; Thrombotic microangiopathic anemia; Thrombotic microangiopathy

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFUSION FLUID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROGEN; PENICILLIN G; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA; VANCOMYCIN;

ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FASCIOTOMY; FLUID THERAPY; GAS GANGRENE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WOUND HEALING;

AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449094476     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-0774-5     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Tarr PI, Gordon CA, Chandler WL (2005) Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli and haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Lancet 365:1073-1086
2. Mead PS, Griffin PM (1998) Escherichia coli O157:H7. Lancet 352:1207-1212
3. Trachtman H, Cnaan A, Christen E, Gibbs K, Zhao S, Acheson DWK, Weiss R, Kaskel FJ, Spitzer A, Hirschman GH (2003) Effect of an oral shiga toxin-binding agent on diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome in children: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 290:1337-1344
4. Wong CS, Jelacic S, Habeeb RL, Watkins SL, Tarr PI (2000) The risk of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome after antibiotic treatment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. N Engl J Med 342:1930-1936
5. Dundas S, Todd WTA, Neill MA, Tarr PI (2005) Using antibiotics in suspected haemolytic-uraemic sydrome: Antibiotics should not be used in Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection. BMJ 330:1209
6. Safdar N, Said A, Gangnon RE, Maki DG (2002) Risk of hemolytic uremic syndrome after antibiotic treatment of Eschericia coli O157:H7 enteritis: A meta-analysis. JAMA 288:996-1001
7. Bell BP, Griffin PM, Lozano P, Christie DL, Kobayashi JM, Tarr PI (1997) Predictors of hemolytic uremic syndrome in children during a large outbreak of Eschericia coli O157:H7 infections. Pediatrics 100:e12
8. Garg AX, Suri RS, Barrowman N, Rehman F, Matsell D, Rosas-Arellano MP, Salvadori M, Haynes RB, Clark WF (2003) Long-term renal prognosis of diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression. JAMA 290:1360-1370
9. Siegler RL (1994) Spectrum of extrarenal involvement in postdiarrheal hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Pediatr 125:511-518
10. Gallo EG, Gianantonio CA (1995) Extrarenal involvement in diarrhoea-associated haemolytic-uraemic syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol 9:117-119
11. Andreoli SP, Bergstein JM (1983) Acute rhabdomyolysis associated with hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Pediatr 103:78-80
12. Pelletier JPR, Plumbley JA, Rouse EA, Cina SJ (2000) The role of Clostridium septicum in paraneoplastic sepsis. Arch Pathol Lab Med 124:353-356
13. Barnham M, Weightman N (1998) Clostridium septicum infection and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Emerg Infect Dis 4:321-324
14. Kennedy CL, Krejany EO, Young LF, O'Connor JR, Awad MM, Boyd RL, Emmins JJ, Lyras D, Rood JI (2005) The alpha toxin of Clostridium septicum is essential for virulence. Mol Microbiol 57:1357-1366
15. Kornbluth AA, Danzig JB, Bernstein LH (1989) Clostridium septicum infection and associated malignancy. Medicine 68:30-37
16. Stevens DL, Musher DM, Watson DA, Eddy H, Hamill RJ, Gyorkey F, Rosen H, Mader J (1990) Spontaneous, non traumatic gangrene due to Clostridium septicum. Rev Infect Dis 12:286-296
17. Abella BS, Kuchinic P, Hiraoka T, Howes DS (2003) Atraumatic clostridial myonecrosis: Case report and literature review. J Emerg Med 24:401-405
18. Smith-Slatas CL, Bourque M, Salazar JC (2006) Clostridium septicum infections in children: A case report and review of the literature. Pediatrics 117:e796-e805
19. Takano H, Taniguchi K, Kuki S, Nakamura T, Miyagawa S, Masai T (2003) Mycotic aneurysm of the infrarenal abdominal aorta infected by Clostridium septicum: A case report of surgical management and review of the literature. J Vasc Surg 38:847-851
20. Pigrau C, Ruiz MP, Sagrista J (1995) Purulent pericarditis due to Clostridium septicum associated with carcinoma of the colon. Clin Infect Dis 20:202-203
21. Liechti ME, Schob O, Kacl GM, Caduff B (2003) Clostridium septicum aortitis in a patient with colon carcinoma. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 22:632-634
22. Barza M, Pins M. (1993) Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital 5-1993: An 81 year old man with pain and crepitus in the shoulder. N Engl J Med 328:340-346
23. Chiang V, Adelson PD, Poussaint TY, Hand M, Churchwell KB (1995) Brain abscess caused by Clostridium septicum as a complication of hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Pediatr Infect Dis J 14:72-74
24. Broughton RA, Lee EY (1993) Clostridium septicum sepsis and meningitis as a complication of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Clin Pediatr 32:750-752
25. Riccio JA, Oberkircher OR (1988) Clostridium septicum sepsis and cerebritis: A rare complication of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Pediatr Infect Dis J 7:342-345
26. Randall JM, Hall K, Coulthard MG (1993) Diffuse pneumocephalus due to Clostridium septicum cerebritis in hemolytic uremic syndrome: CT demonstration. Neuroradiology 35:218-220
27. Shigeno T, Akamatsu T, Fujimori K, Nakatsuji Y, Nagata A (2002) The clinical significance of colonoscopy in hemorrhagic colitis due to enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection. Endoscopy 34:311-314
28. Editors (1987) Clostridium septicum and neutropenic enterocolitis. Lancet 2:608
29. Poretz DM, Wood L, Park C (1974) Adenocarcinoma of the colon presenting as Clostridium septicum cellulitis of the left thigh. South Med J 67:862-864
30. Barnes C, Gerstle JT, Freedman MH, Carcao MD (2004) Clostridium septicum myonecrosis in congenital neutropenia. Pediatrics 114:e757-e760
31. Rodriguez Higueras I, Arruego Minguillon MA, Gonzalez de Velasco Soleta JP, Bonet Saris A (1996) Gas gangrene secondary to subcutaneous insulin injection. Am J Emerg Med 14:98-99
32. O'Rourke J, Fahy C, Donnelly M (2003) Subcutaneous emphysema at the site of central line placement due to haematogenous spread of Clostridium septicum. Eur J Anaesthesiol 20:162-163