Clostridium symbiosum as a cause of bloodstream infection in an immunocompetent patient.
Bloodstream infection caused by Clostridium symbiosum was previously reported in only one case, from a highly immunocompromised patient with metastic colon cancer. We describe the second case of clinical bacteraemic sepsis caused by C. symbiosum from a previously healthy man, which underlines the pathogenicity of this species.
Decousser
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Department of Biology, Centre Hospitalier de Dourdan, 91415 Dourdan, France. jean-winoc.decousser@wanado.fr
Bartizel
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Zamni
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Fadel
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Doucet-Populaire
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D048009:Clostridium symbiosum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny