title: Clostridium hathewayi bacteraemia and surgical site infection after uterine myomectomy.
abstract: A 42-year-old woman with uterine fibroids underwent myomectomy. She developed postoperative sepsis and bloodstream infection with Clostridium hathewayi secondary to an infected haematoma. The patient was readmitted after failure of oral antibiotic therapy and underwent intrauterine drainage followed by prolonged parenteral antibiotic therapy. The patient was followed for 1 year and did not have any relapse of infection.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Ala S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Dababneh
authors.forename: Avish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagpal
authors.forename: Bharath Raj Varatharaj
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Palraj
authors.forename: M Rizwan
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sohail
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D063186:Uterine Myomectomy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*