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| Clostridium tertium Bacteremia in a Non-neutropenic Patient with Small Bowel Obstruction |
| Nam Su Ku1, Hae-Sun Chung2, Jae Gil Lee3, Sun Bean Kim1, Sang Hoon Han1, Jun Yong Choi1, Kyungwon Lee2, and June Myung Kim1 |
| Departments of 1Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, 2Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, 3Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
Vol.43 Num.4 (p355~358)
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Clostridium tertium-induced bacteremia is a rare condition seen predominantly in neutropenic patients and/or patients with gastrointestinal disease. In this report, we describe a non-neutropenic, 72-year-old patient with a small bowel obstruction who presented with C. tertium bacteremia. Clostridium tertium is aerotolerant and resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins. The aerotolerant nature of C. tertium is resulted in delayed identification and reporting since it is not initially considered a candidate for infection. |
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Keywords : Clostridium tertium, Non-neutropenic, Small bowel obstruction |
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