title: Isolation of Clostridium tetani from anaerobic empyema.
abstract: We report the isolation of Clostridium tetani (along with Fusobacterium mortiferum) from empyema pus. The patient, a 68 year old retired farmer from rural NSW, had recently undergone cholecystectomy, had heart failure and developed an empyema. He improved after drainage of the empyema and penicillin therapy, but died suddenly during convalescence.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Mayall
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Snashall
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Peel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D003017:Clostridium tetani / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013492:Suppuration / Q000382:microbiology; D013742:Tetanus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D010400:Penicillin G