title: Bacteremia due to Clostridium difficile: case report and review of extraintestinal C. difficile infections.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kallich
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: 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