title: Bacteremia due to clostridium difficile: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to report a case of C. difficile bacteremia in a Crohn's disease patient and to review the literature on previously reported cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Searches of MEDLINE and PubMed databases were made.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report the first case of C. difficile bacteremia in a Crohn's disease patient. There are 15 other reported cases of C. difficile bacteremia reported in the literature. We found that the majority of patients (10 of 15 patients) had polymicrobial bacteremia and that the overall mortality rate is significant, with 6 of 15 reported patients dying.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, we find that C. difficile bacteremia is associated with a significant mortality rate and it would seem prudent to consider aggressive antibiotic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Fellow, Lankenau Hospital, 252 Lankenau Medical Bldg. East, 100 E Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA 19096.
authors.forename: Cherag
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Daruwala
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mercogliano
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ingerman
keywords: Clostridium difficile; Crohn’s disease; bacteremia