Clostridium glycolicum bacteremia in a bone marrow transplant patient.
We describe a case of Clostridium glycolicum bacteremia and septic shock in an adult woman with a recent bone marrow transplant for relapsed Hodgkin's disease. The bacterium was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This is the first published report of the recovery of this organism from human clinical material.
Elsayed
Sameer
S
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. sameer.elsayed@cls.ab.ca
Zhang
Kunyan
K
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003013:Clostridium / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents