Lethal human neutropenic entercolitis caused by Clostridium chauvoei in the United States: Tip of the iceberg?

Journal of Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-227

  Weatherhead, Jill E ^a   Tweardy, David J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Clostridium chauvoei; Clostridium septicum; Gene sequencing; Neutropenic enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CLINDAMYCIN; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; TRANSVERSE COLON; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NEUTROPENIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TAXOIDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855869294     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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