CNS infection with clostridium septicum.
We present an unusual case of Clostridium septicum brain infection in a 72-yr-old woman who had no underlying malignant disease. The infection spread from a localized sit to the CNS causing gas formation. The patient died rapidly.
Dirks
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Department of Internal Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
Horn
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Christensen
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Pedersen
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D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed