Bacteremia due to Clostridium difficile: case report and review of extraintestinal C. difficile infections.
We report the case of an 85-year-old woman who developed diarrhea and bacteremia caused by Clostridium difficile after a prolonged hospitalization. C. difficile is a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea but only rarely has been reported to cause extraintestinal infection. Isolation of C. difficile from a wide range of specimens outside the intestinal tract has been reported and is not always associated with diarrhea or intestinal pathology.
Feldman
R J
RJ
Division of Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019, USA.
Kallich
M
M
Weinstein
M P
MP
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans