title: Clostridium baratii bacteremia associated with Kawasaki syndrome. First case report.
abstract: We experienced a case of a 3-year-old boy who presented signs and symptoms of Kawasaki syndrome. Two blood culture sets were processed by the hospital microbiology laboratory using a standard blood culturing system. The anaerobic bottles gave a positive result at day 3 after inoculation. The biochemical profiles produced by the RapID ANA II System showed that the organism was Clostridium baratii with a probability of 99%. Our case highlights the importance of C. baratii as a potential human pathogen and reports the associations with manifestations, which, to our knowledge, have not been previously described concomitantly with a clostridial infection.
authors: Associazione Italiana per la Lotta contro le Malattie Infettive, Università di Messina, Italy.
authors: Chiara
authors: C
authors: Iaria
authors: Giovanna
authors: G
authors: Stassi
authors: Damiano Carmelo
authors: DC
authors: Salpietro
authors: Antonia
authors: A
authors: La Mazza
authors: Lorena
authors: L
authors: Silipigni
authors: Adriana
authors: A
authors: Arena
authors: Gaetano Bruno
authors: GB
authors: Costa
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Cascio
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003013:Clostridium / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D000362:Agar