Bacteremia caused by Clostridium intestinale.
We describe a case of Clostridium intestinale bacteremia in a previously healthy adolescent female presenting with fever and abdominal pain. The bacterium was definitively identified via 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This is the first report, in the world literature, of human infection caused by this microorganism.
Elsayed
Sameer
S
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. sameer.elsayed@cls.ab.ca
Zhang
Kunyan
K
D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D003013:Clostridium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S