Clostridium septicum bacteremia in a patient with large granular lymphocyte leukemia.
This is the first case report of Clostridium septicum septicemia in a patient with large granular lymphocyte leukemia. C. septicum infection is highly associated with malignancy and causes a rapidly fatal enterocolitis among patients who are profoundly neutropenic. The need for early recognition and combination of early antibiotic therapy and necessary surgical intervention may help to alter the fulminating nature of C. septicum infection.
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Department of Medicine, Olin Teague Veterans Center, Temple, Texas, USA.
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications