Clostridium septicum septicaemia in a patient with leukaemia.
Clostridium septicum infection has been shown to have a strikingly high association with either bowel or blood malignancies. The infection may be fatal if unrecognised. We report a case of C. septicum bacteremia in a man diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia.
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Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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D000328:Adult; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence