%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.

@article{tappe_fatal_2005, 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.}, added-at = {2011-04-07T15:44:20.000+0200}, author = {Tappe, Dennis and Dirks, Jürgen and Müller, Rainer and Brederlau, Jörg and {Abele-Horn}, Marianne and Suerbaum, Sebastian and Kurzai, Oliver}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b60a9b02360f0fbf4e15eca916d07436/hymi}, doi = {10.1016/j.jinf.2004.04.005}, interhash = {c3efe3d0a1a9afcee068238aeb4d8911}, intrahash = {b60a9b02360f0fbf4e15eca916d07436}, issn = {0163-4453}, 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 }