Clostridium novyi type A infection: a sporadic fatal case.
Infection with type A Clostridium novyi is rare. We report the case of a previously healthy 31-y-old woman with no known risk factors who died suddenly with a necrotizing soft tissue infection. We compare this case with a simultaneous outbreak of this infection amongst Scottish IDUs (injecting drug users).
McGuigan
Christopher
C
Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, Glasgow, UK. chris.mcguigan@scieh.csa.scot.nhs.uk
Roworth
Michael
M
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D003013:Clostridium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012606:Scotland; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous