Spontaneous clostridial sepsis and sudden death.
A neutropenic patient with leukemia treated successfully several times for infectious complications died suddenly after developing widespread gas formation in many tissues due to C septicum sepsis. Localized severe pain in a susceptible patient with few other signs or symptoms should alert the practitioner to the possibility of clostridial infection.
D000368:Aged; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors