Clostridium tertium bacteremia: Contamination or true pathogen? A report of two cases and a review of the literature

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Vanderhofstadt, Maud ^a   André, Marc ^a   Lonchay, Christophe ^a   Levecque, Pierre ^a   Holemans, Xavier ^a   Canon, Jean Luc ^a   D'Hondt, Lionel ^a  

^a Grand Hospital de Charleroi   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Cancer; Clostridium tertium

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; CYTARABINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MITOXANTRONE; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATHOGENICITY; REMISSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957328845     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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