title: Clostridium symbiosum as a cause of bloodstream infection in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Centre Hospitalier de Dourdan, 91415 Dourdan, France. jean-winoc.decousser@wanado.fr
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Decousser
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartizel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zamni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fadel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doucet-Populaire
mesh_terms: 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