Clostridium tertium septicemia is a rare condition that predominantly occurs in neutropenic patients with concomitant abdominal disease. We report the fatal case of a nonneutropenic, 51-year-old patient with mechanical ileus and post-operative C. tertium septicemia, resulting in widespread pathology with multi-organ failure. As C. tertium is aerotolerant, often gram-variable and mostly resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins, differentiation is difficult and empirical therapeutic strategies may fail.
%0 Journal Article
%1 tappe_fatal_2005
%A Tappe, Dennis
%A Dirks, Jürgen
%A Müller, Rainer
%A Brederlau, Jörg
%A Abele-Horn, Marianne
%A Suerbaum, Sebastian
%A Kurzai, Oliver
%D 2005
%J The Journal of Infection
%K Aged, Agents, Bacteremia, Clostridium Failure Fatal Female, Humans, Ileus, Immunocompetence, Infections, Intestine, Microbial Middle Multiple Organ Outcome, Sensitivity Small, Tests, ag_brehm tertium, {Anti-Bacterial}
%N 1
%P 76--80
%R 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.04.005
%T Fatal Clostridium tertium septicemia in a nonneutropenic patient
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15603846
%V 50
%X Clostridium tertium septicemia is a rare condition that predominantly occurs in neutropenic patients with concomitant abdominal disease. We report the fatal case of a nonneutropenic, 51-year-old patient with mechanical ileus and post-operative C. tertium septicemia, resulting in widespread pathology with multi-organ failure. As C. tertium is aerotolerant, often gram-variable and mostly resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins, differentiation is difficult and empirical therapeutic strategies may fail.
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abstract = {Clostridium tertium septicemia is a rare condition that predominantly occurs in neutropenic patients with concomitant abdominal disease. We report the fatal case of a nonneutropenic, 51-year-old patient with mechanical ileus and post-operative C. tertium septicemia, resulting in widespread pathology with multi-organ failure. As C. tertium is aerotolerant, often gram-variable and mostly resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins, differentiation is difficult and empirical therapeutic strategies may fail.},
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author = {Tappe, Dennis and Dirks, Jürgen and Müller, Rainer and Brederlau, Jörg and {Abele-Horn}, Marianne and Suerbaum, Sebastian and Kurzai, Oliver},
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journal = {The Journal of Infection},
keywords = {Aged, Agents, Bacteremia, Clostridium Failure Fatal Female, Humans, Ileus, Immunocompetence, Infections, Intestine, Microbial Middle Multiple Organ Outcome, Sensitivity Small, Tests, ag_brehm tertium, {Anti-Bacterial}},
month = jan,
note = {{PMID:} 15603846},
number = 1,
pages = {76--80},
timestamp = {2011-04-07T16:41:09.000+0200},
title = {Fatal Clostridium tertium septicemia in a nonneutropenic patient},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15603846},
volume = 50,
year = 2005
}